"The dog lies in his kennel" [Sidney Homer]
First line of lyrics: The dog lies in his kennel
Part of: "Seventeen Lyrics from 'Sing-Song'"
other version 1 - chorus: children's unison chorus
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
Rossetti poem(s): "'The dog lies in his kennel'"
Place in the larger work: The eighth song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Allegro"; quarter note = 144
Performance instructions: "f with mingled humor and love"
Notes: This song is also available with orchestra accompaniment (Gooch and Thatcher 4350). "Key signature B flat" (Ives DM190)
Homer, Sidney; music (American, 1864-1953)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM190; Gooch and Thatcher 4350
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Other data reference(s): Record for "Seventeen Lyrics from "Sing-Song" ... Op. 19, etc." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004419060. Accessed 9 Jul 2020. Record for "Seventeen lyrics from Sing-song, op. 19." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34052317. Accessed 9 Jul 2020. Record for "Seventeen lyrics from Sing-song by Christina Rossetti : for high voice and piano, op. 19." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681509761. Accessed 9 Jul 2020.
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score for high voice [1908]: New York Public Library. Internet Archives, http://www.archive.org/details/seventeenlyricsf00home. Accessed 1 Aug 2019.
New York: G. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music Co.; New York: Classical Vocal Reprints [1995?]; Boca Raton, Fla.: Masters Music Publications [2000?]
1908 [copyright]; 1910 [publication]; 1995? [republication]; 2000? [publication]
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"In the meadow—what in the meadow?" [Sidney Homer]
First line of lyrics: In the meadow—what in the meadow?
Rossetti poem(s): "'In the meadow—what in the meadow?'"
Place in the larger work: The seventh song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Vivace"; half note = 104* "*All metronome-marks merely approximate."
Performance instructions: "mf with delicacy and sentiment"
Notes: This song is also available with orchestra accompaniment (Gooch and Thatcher 4495). "Key signature A" (Ives DM189)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM189; Gooch and Thatcher 4495
Place in the larger work: The ninth song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Lento"; quarter note = 60* "*All metronome-marks merely approximate."
Performance instructions: "p with great tenderness"
Notes: "Key signature B flat" (Ives DM191)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM191; Gooch and Thatcher 4507
First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
Place in the larger work: The eleventh song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Andante con moto"; half note = 58* "*All metronome-marks merely approximate."
Performance instructions: "p with imagination"
Notes: "Key signature B flat" (Ives DM193)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM193; Gooch and Thatcher 4882
Cataloguer: Jacob Spence and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
"Mix a pancake, stir a pancake" [Sidney Homer]
Place in the larger work: The tenth song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Vivace"; quarter note = 144
Performance instructions: "f with spirit and humor"
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM192; Gooch and Thatcher 4630
"Dancing on the hilltops" [Sidney Homer]
First line of lyrics: Dancing on the hilltops?
Rossetti poem(s): "'Dancing on the hill-tops'"
Place in the larger work: The twelfth song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Animato"; dotted half note = 56
Performance instructions: "mf with grace and affection"
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM194; Gooch and Thatcher 4339
File(s): CRM-dancingonthehilltops-homer-high.pdf
"A pocket handkerchief to hem–" [Sidney Homer]
First line of lyrics: A pocket handkerchief to hem–
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Rossetti poem(s): "'A pocket handkerchief to hem'"
Place in the larger work: The thirteenth song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Allegro molto, con amore"; quarter note = 138* "*All metronome-marks merely approximate."
Performance instructions: "mf tearfully"
Notes: This song is also available with orchestra accompaniment (Gooch and Thatcher 4686). "Key signature C" (Ives DM195)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM195; Gooch and Thatcher 4686
File(s): CRM-pockethandkerchief-homer-high.pdf
"A motherless soft lambkin" [Sidney Homer]
First line of lyrics: A motherless soft lambkin
Rossetti poem(s): "'A motherless soft lambkin'"
Place in the larger work: The fourteenth song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Molto lento"; quarter note = 160
Performance instructions: "p very tenderly"
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM196; Gooch and Thatcher 4647
First line of lyrics: Lullaby, oh lullaby!
Rossetti poem(s): "'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
Place in the larger work: The fifteenth song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Molto lento"; quarter note = 52* "*All metronome-marks merely approximate."
Performance instructions: "p sustained, with deep feeling"
Notes: "Key signature E flat" (Ives DM197)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM197; Gooch and Thatcher 4598
First line of lyrics: Hurt no living thing
Rossetti poem(s): "'Hurt no living thing'"
Place in the larger work: The sixteenth song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; quarter note = 106
Notes: "Key signature A flat" (Ives DM198)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM198; Gooch and Thatcher 4473
File(s): CRM-hurtnoliving-homer-high.pdf
"Minnie and Mattie and fat little May" [Sidney Homer]
Place in the larger work: The seventeenth song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Allegro"; dotted quarter note = 76* "*All metronome-marks merely approximate."
Performance instructions: "mf with humor and affection"
Notes: This song is also available with orchestra accompaniment (Gooch and Thatcher 4615). "Key signature F" (Ives DM199)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM199; Gooch and Thatcher 4615
File(s): CRM-minnieandmattie-homer-high.pdf
"Love came down at Christmas" [David Peninger]
genre: sacred music|Christmas music|choral music|song|song cycle|carol
Place in the larger work: The fourth song of four in the song cycle called "On Christmas morn," which includes 1. "On Christmas morn"; 2. "Joy comes to all the world today"; 3. "All my heart this night rejoices" (Paul Gerhardt); 4. "Love came down at Christmas" (Christina Rossetti)
Other data reference(s): Record for "On Christmas morn : (four chorales) (S.A.T.B.)." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/961831275. Accessed 9 July 2020.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
"Ferry me across the water" [Sidney Homer]
First line of lyrics: Ferry me across the water
Rossetti poem(s): "'Ferry me across the water'"
Place in the larger work: The second of two songs in the song cycle called "Two Songs" which includes 1. "April, April" (Sir William Watson); 2. "Ferry me across the water" (Christina Rossetti).
Composition history: "By permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company"
Performance instructions: "(with spirit and humor)"
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4403
Cataloguer: Harmony Kwan and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score for high voice: Record for "Ferry me across the water. High in A♭. (Two songs, [no. 2]). Words by Christina Rossetti. [Music by] Sidney Homer. Op. 23, no. 2." UR Research, University of Rochester, http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5526. Accessed 9 Jul 2020.
New York: G. Schirmer Inc.; Boston: The Boston Music Co.
"Gone were but the winter" [Eleanor Rudall]
First line of lyrics: Gone were but the winter
Other data reference(s): Record for "Gone were but the winter : [for voice and piano]." Royal Academy of Music Library Catalogue, https://lib.ram.ac.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=135874. Accessed 7 July 2020.
musical score: Royal Academy of Music Library, London
4 pages (incomplete, page(s) missing after the second one)
"When Wind-Flowers Blossom on the Sea" [Sidney Homer]
First line of lyrics: "Oh tell me once and tell me twice"
Rossetti poem(s): "'One Foot on Sea, and One on Shore'"
Place in the larger work: The first song of three in a song cycle called "Three Songs" which includes: 1. "When Wind-Flowers Blossom on the Sea" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "The Sick Child" (Robert Louis Stevenson); 3. "The Pauper's Drive" (Thomas Noel).
Performance instructions: "with passion and varied expression. f"
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4675
Other data reference(s): Record for "Three songs with piano accompaniment, op. 18. 1, When windflowers blossom on the sea." Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, http://tulprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/17g37ic/TUL_VOYAGER850837. Accessed 10 Jul 2020.
musical score for high voice: New York Publish Library, New York.
First line of lyrics: Foul is she and ill-favoured, set askew
Performance instructions: "With passion. ff"
Notes: "Low in C Minor. High in E Minor Original"
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4428
Other data reference(s): Record for "Babylon the great : op. 29, no. 1, original key." Mervyn H Sterne Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham, https://uab.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01AL_UALB/17puepm/alma993660703503176. Accessed 10 Jul 2020.
"Who has seen the wind?" [Violet Archer]
Place in the larger work: The fifth of six songs in a song cycle called "Children Singing" that include 1. "I Had a Little Pony" (anonymous); 2. "The Cow" (Robert Louis Stevenson); 3. "How Doth the Little Crocodile" (Lewis Carroll); 4. "The Yak" (Hillaire Belloc); 5. "Who has seen the wind?" (Christina Rossetti); 6. "Mes Oreilles, Quelle Merveille!" (Sister Thérèse, Potvin S.A.S.V.).
Composition history: "Commissioned by the Alberta Kodály Association"
Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = 72
Performance history: "Premier Performance March 6, 1993, at the Conference of the Aberta Kodàly Association in Edmonton, Alberta"
Archer, Violet; music (Canadian, 1913-2000)
Other data reference(s): "Violet Archer." Canadian Music Center, http://collections.cmccanada.org/final/Portal/Composer-Showcase.aspx?component=AF-Query-Composer&record=1a45d683-9ad7-4840-8b04-74a33e3465b4. Accessed 13 Jul 2020.
musical score: Canadian Music Center, Toronto.
3 pages; complete song cycle performance time 9 minutes.
Notes about the text: In the lyrics, lines 7 and 3 of the poem were interchanged.
Notes: The setting is printed below a biblical epigraph: "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth" (John 3:8). From a collection called "Songs For Little People: For Use in the Sunday-School, the Kindergarten, and the Home," first published in 1905. The collection includes an introduction by Lucy Wheelock and a foreword by editors Frances Weld Danielson and Grace Wilbur Conant. A new edition of the collection was published 10 years later, which included the addition of thirty-six new and old songs.
Conant, Grace Wilbur; music (American, 1858-1948)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 1905
musical score: Conant, Grace Wilbur. "The Wind." Songs for little people: For use in the Sunday-School, the Kindergarten, and the Home, edited by Frances Weld Danielson and Grace Wilbur Conant, 2nd ed. Pilgrim Press, 1915, p. 104, no. 123. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/songspe00dani. Accessed 19 March 2018.
Boston, Chicago: The Pilgrim Press; Philadelphia: The Westminster Press
1905 [publication] [copyright]; 1914 [publication]; 1915 [publication] [copyright]
"Copyright, 1905, by Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society"
"When I am dead, my dearest" [Horace Middleton]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Middleton, Horace; music (American, active 1920s-1940s)
Other data reference(s): Record for "When I am dead, my dearest." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30388301. Accessed 9 July 2020. Record for "When I am dead, my dearest / [words by] C.G. Rossetti ; [music by] Horace Middleton." New York Public Library, http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11877993~S1. Accessed 14 July 2020.
musical score: New York Public Library, New York
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-middleton-ms.pdf
"Fly Away, Swallow" [Grace Wilbur Conant]
First line of lyrics: Fly away, fly away over the sea
Rossetti poem(s): "'Fly away, fly away over the sea'"
Notes: From a collection called "Songs For Little People: For Use in the Sunday-School, the Kindergarten, and the Home," first published in 1905. The collection includes an introduction by Lucy Wheelock and a foreword by editors Frances Weld Danielson and Grace Wilbur Conant. A new edition of the collection was published 10 years later, which included the addition of thirty-six new and old songs.
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4424
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score: Conant, Grace Wilbur. "Fly Away, Swallow." Songs for little people: For use in the Sunday-School, the Kindergarten, and the Home, edited by Frances Weld Danielson and Grace Wilbur Conant, 2nd ed., Pilgrim Press, 1915, p. 82, no. 100. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/songspe00dani. Accessed 12 April 2019.
Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; quarter note = 126
Pierce, Alexandra; music (American, born 1934)
Other data reference(s): Record for "What would i give? : low voice and piano / Alexandra Pierce ; poem by Christina Rossetti." New York Public Library, https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15243431~S1. Accessed 14 July 2020.
1991 [composition]; 1996 [copyright] [publication]
"Copyright 1996 by Seesaw Music Corp. All rights reserved."
11 pages; performance time 5 minutes and 30 seconds
"I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love" [Jessica Curry]
instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)
Composition history: "I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love was commissioned by the London Oriana Choir as part of its five15 commissioning project."
Tempo markings: "Tenderly"; quarter note = c.72
Performance history: "The first performance was given by the London Oriana Choir, conducted by Dominic Ellis-Peckham, at Stationers' Hall, London, on 30 June 2019"
Curry, Jessica; music (British, born 1973)
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love - Score" Faber Music, https://www.fabermusic.com/music/i-loved-you-first-but-afterwards-your-love/score. Accessed 15 July 2020.
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Tempo markings: "Allegro"; quarter note = 72-80
Notes: This score is a manuscript. From a collection of songs formerly owned by Ernst Wolff (Record for "Collection of songs formerly owned by Ernst Wolff, ca. 1940-1960").
Other data reference(s): Record for "Collection of songs formerly owned by Ernst Wolff, ca. 1940-1960." New York Public Library, https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11319550~S1. Accessed 15 July 2020.
"Copyright MCMVIII by Gertrude E. Grossmann."
"Journey Towards Oblivion" [Faye-Ellen Silverman]
First line of lyrics: Now it is autumn and the falling fruit and the long journey towards oblivion
instrumentation: flute|viola|English horn|clarinet|double bass|piccolo|bass clarinet|glockenspiel|vibraphone|marimba|timpani
Notes about the text: This cantata is a setting of both "Remember" by Christina Rossetti (sung by soprano) and "The Ship of Death" by D.H. Lawrence (sung by tenor).
Performance instructions: Includes parts for flute OR piccolo and b flat clarinet OR bass clarinet.
Dedication: "This work is dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Ussachevsky"
Silverman, Faye-Ellen; music (American, born 1947)
Lawrence, D.H.; text (English, 1885-1930)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Journey towards oblivion / by Faye-Ellen Silverman." New York Public Library, https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11603858~S1. Accessed 16 July 2020.
"Copyright 1991 by Seesaw Music Corp. - New York All rights reserved."