First line of lyrics: Roses blushing red and white
Rossetti poem(s): "'Roses blushing red and white'"
Place in the larger work: The eighth song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".
Tempo markings: "Poco andante"; quarter note = 50
Recordings: "Mother and Child." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.
Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM235; Gooch and Thatcher 4708
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): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.
London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music
"Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust
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2 pages (pp. 22-23); performance time 1 minute and 16 seconds
genre: song|choral music|children's music|part song
chorus: two-part treble chorus|two-part women's chorus
duet: soprano and alto|duet: two sopranos
Rossetti poem(s): "'There is but one May in the year'"
Composition history: In January 1919, Ireland set the Rossetti poem "in memory of Lillian Dunhill, the niece of composer Thomas Dunhill [...], who had recently died of pneumonia at the age of twelve." (Foreman, p. 191)
Dedication: "For Lillian" [Lillian Dunhill]
Notes: Also published in a compilation of John Ireland's part songs called: "Eight Songs For Upper Voices And Piano" by Novello & Co. 1999.
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4816
Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 65. Foreman, Lewis. The John Ireland Companion, Boydell Press and Boydell & Brewerp, 2011, p. 291.
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
London : Edward Arnold & Co. Ltd.; Bury St. Edmund's: Novello & Co.
1919 [composition] [publication] [copyright]; 1999 [publication]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Place in the larger work: One of three songs in a song cycle called "Three Rossetti Songs," settings by Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include "Grant us calm"; "Sing no sad songs"; "Who has seen the wind".
Composition history: The following text by the composer was included in the program notes for the 28 May 1989 In Memoriam: Scott Lakin Jones concert: "The first of the 'Three Rossetti Songs,' 'Lord grant us calm,' was written in 1969 (two decades ago!), and the other two added three years later for a specific performance by a singer-friend for whom the original song was written. As it happens, 'Sing no sad songs' uses a text revised from four decades ago, when it was first set for unaccompanied mixed voices in 1949. The flutes, sharing equally as integral parts of a trio, at times take a somewhat contrasted view of the text, and at times find closer connections with the voice. The prevalence of uncontrasted upper register sounds which permeate the piece is a planned textural ambience deemed appropriate for the expression of these particular songs." Gerald Kechley (Program Notes)
Performance instructions: For solo soprano voice and two flutes.
Performance history: 1989, 7 January, Meany Theater, Seattle, "Retrospective concert of the music of Gerald Kechley" performance by Carol Sams, soprano, Felix Skowronek, flute, Pamela Butler Ryker, flute.
Recordings: "Three Rossetti Songs." In Memoriam: Scott Lakin Jones. Performance by Carol Sams, soprano, Felix Skowronek, flute, Pamela Butler Ryker, flute, recorded 28 May 1989 in Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington, University of Washington School of Music, 2015. CD
Kechley, Gerald; music (American, born 1919)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4765
Other data reference(s): Program Notes for "In Memoriam: Scott Larkin Jones" concert. University of Washington School of Music, 29 May 1989. ResearchWorks Archives, University of Washington, https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/30376. Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.
complete cycle performance time 10-12 minutes
First line of lyrics: Lord, grant us calm, if calm can set forth Thee
Rossetti poem(s): "'Lord, grant us calm, if calm can set forth Thee'"
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4517
"Who has seen the wind" [Gerald Kechley]
First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4884
Cataloguer: Jacob Spence and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
"Who Has Seen the Wind?" [arr. Margaret Mealy, Norman Mealy, music unknown composer]
Performance instructions: "Thoughtfully." "Use only the second stanza with smaller children, or let them sing the melody on 'oo' to suggest the wind. A few children can be trees,' others, running by on tiptoe or without shoes, can be the 'wind.'" This paragraph is followed by an illustration by Karla Kuskin of three trees blowing in the wind.
Notes: Melody from "Zion's Harp". Ninety third song in the collection "Sing for Joy: A Songbook for Young Children" by Norman and Margaret Mealy published by Seabury Press in 1961, illustrated by Karla Kuskin. "There are songs to sing at home, at church, and at church school ... some of the songs are for serious and thoughtful moments; others for fun and activity." (Record for "Sing for Joy")
Unknown; music (melody from "Zion's Harp")
Mealy, Margaret; arrangement (American, 1922-2020). Mealy, Norman; arrangement (American, 1923-1987)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4886, 4887
Other data reference(s): Record for "Sing for Joy: A Songbook for Young Children." WorldCat, www.worldcat.org/oclc/853995223. Accessed 4 Sep. 2020.
musical score: Mealy, Norman, and Margaret Mealy. “Who Has Seen the Wind?.” Sing for Joy: A Songbook for Young Children, Seabury Press, 1961, p. 73. McMaster University Library, Hamilton.
genre: children's music|choral music|song|song cycle|part song
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Rossetti poem(s): "'What is pink? a rose is pink'"
Place in the larger work: The first song of six in the song cycle called "What is Pink," which includes 1. "What is Pink?" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "The Mysterious Cat" (Vachel Lindsay); 3. "Who Has Seen the Wind" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "A Pavane for the Nursery" (William Jay Smith); 5. "Counting-Out Rhyme" (Edna St. Vincent Millay); 6. "The House on the Hill" (Edwin Arlington Robinson).
Composition history: This song is dated, "New York City, 1-8 Nov., 87." The song cycle was "Commissioned by The American Boychoir Under the Consortium Commissioning Program of the National Endowment for the Arts, in Collaboration with the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus and the Phoenix Boys Choir."
Tempo markings: "Rollicking"; dotted half note = 63
Notes: The composer's signature, "Ned Rorem | Nantucket - New York | October - November 1987" can be found printed on the second page of the score under the Contents list.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score: Toronto Music Library, Toronto.
"© Copyright 1993 by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Copyright for all countries. All rights reserved."
Place in the larger work: The third song of six in the song cycle called "What is Pink," which includes 1. "What is Pink?" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "The Mysterious Cat" (Vachel Lindsay); 3. "Who Has Seen the Wind" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "A Pavane for the Nursery" (William Jay Smith); 5. "Counting-Out Rhyme" (Edna St. Vincent Millay); 6. "The House on the Hill" (Edwin Arlington Robinson).
Composition history: This song is dated, "New York City, 1 Nov. 1987." The song cycle was "Commissioned by The American Boychoir Under the Consortium Commissioning Program of the National Endowment for the Arts, in Collaboration with the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus and the Phoenix Boys Choir."
Performance instructions: Piano "scarcely pedalled"
First line of lyrics: Ferry me across the water
Rossetti poem(s): "'Ferry me across the water'"
Place in the larger work: The ninth song of ten in the song cycle called "Nantucket Songs" which includes 1. "From Whence Cometh Song?" (Theodore Roethke); 2. "The Dance" (William Carlos Williams); 3. "Nantucket" (William Carlos Williams); 4. "Go, Lovely Rose" (Edmund Waller); 5. "Up-Hill" (Christina Rossetti); 6. "Mother, I Cannot Mind my Wheel" (Walter Savage Landor); 7. "Fear of Death" (John Ashbery); 8. "Thoughts of a Young Girl" (John Ashbery); 9. "Ferry Me Across the Water" (Christina Rossetti); 10. "The Dancer" (Edmund Waller).
Composition history: A note on the score states that "the cycle was commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation. It was composed between November, 1978 and May, 1979 on the island of Nantucket, hence the title. An apt subtitle might be 'Popular Songs', insofar as "Popular" means "entertaining" as opposed to "classically" indirect. Indeed, these songs -- merry or complex or strange though their texts may seem -- aim away from the head and toward the diaphragm. They are, as collegians say, emotional rather than intellectual, and need not to be understood to be enjoyed."
Tempo markings: Very very languorous; quarter note = 48
Performance history: First public and broadcast performance was by soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson with Ned Rorem at the piano, at the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress, October 30, 1979.
Recordings: Rorem, Ned. Ned Rorem: The Nantucket Songs and Other Songs. Performance of the Nantucket Songs by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano, Ned Rorem, piano as it was first broadcasted at the Library of Congress, Composers Recordings, Inc.1993; CD, Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc., 2007. New World Records, http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=17439. (Rorem)
Notes: Republished in "Song Album: Ned Rorem," volume 3.
musical score: Peter Turkstra Library, Redeemer University College, Hamilton
"Copyright 1981 by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc."
"When I am dead, my dearest" [Henry Festing Jones]
Festing Jones, Henry; music (English, 1851-1928)
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Festing Jones, Henry. "When I am dead, my Dearest." Nine Songs, Weekes & Co., 1907, pp. 2-6. Royal Academy of Music, London
"Copyright, 1907, by Henry Festing Jones."
Part of: "Escapades: Songs for Rote and Piano Duets"
Place in the larger work: One of several songs in a song cycle called "Escapades: Songs for Rote and Piano Duets." Three of the songs are identified as settings of Christina Rossetti poems, "The Wind"; "The Ferryman"; "Eight o'clock".
Blank, Allan; music (American, 1925-2013)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4874
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4399
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4391
Part of: "Four Poems: for soprano, flute, clarinet in A, bassoon"
Place in the larger work: The first song of four in the song cycle called "Four Poems" which includes 1. "Who Has Seen the Wind" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "A Noiseless Patient Spider" (Walt Whitman); 3. "Little Birds of the Night" (Stephen Crane); 4. "Beautiful Soup, So Rich and Green" (Lewis Carroll).
Dedication: "to the Third Wheel" [trio composed of Karin Kantenwein Fabiero, flute, Dr. Rebecca Rivera, bassoon, Laura Stoutenborough, clarinet]
Other data reference(s): Record for "Four poems : for soprano, flute, clarinet in A, bassoon (2010)." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1129195803. Accessed 8 Sep. 2020. Record for "Four Poems for Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon." American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/composers/allan-blank/four-poems-soprano-flute-clarinet-bassoon. Accessed 8 Sep. 2020. "About." Third Wheel, http://thirdwheeltrio.com/about/. Accessed 8 Sep. 2020.
2010 [composition] [copyright]; 2019 [publication]
46 pages; complete song cycle performance time 12 minutes
"Who Has Seen the Wind?" [Mrs. H. H. A. Beach]
genre: children's music|song|choral music|part song
Performance instructions: "Study Song - School Choir"
Notes: Includes captioned photograph of composer beside score. "The Music Hour: Fifth book", edited by Osbourne McConathy W. Otto Miessner, Edward Baily Birge and Mabel E. Bray, is for teachers.
Beach, Mrs. H. H. A. [Henry Harris Aubrey]; music (American, a.k.a. Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, 1867-1944)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4872
Cataloguer: Jacob Spence, University of Ottawa
musical score: Beach, Mrs. H.H.A. "Who Has Seen the Wind?." The Music Hour: Fifth Book, edited by Osbourne McConathy, et al., Silver, Burdett and Company, 1930, p. 86.
"The Music Hour: Fifth Book." Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/musichourfifthbomcco. Accessed 19 March 2018.
"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Paul Lisicky]
First line of lyrics: Before the paling of the stars
genre: song|Christmas music|carol|sacred music|choral music
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("Before the paling of the stars")
Tempo markings: "Tenderly, with expression"
Dedication: "For Denise Gess and William Lutz"
musical score: New York Public Library, New York
"© Copyright 1992 by G.I.A. Publications, Inc. 7404 So. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638 International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A."
Record: CRM-christmascarolbefore-lisicky
First line of lyrics: Hope is like a slender harebell, all a tremble from its birth
genre: children's music|song|choral music
Rossetti poem(s): "'Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth'"
Notes about the text: This song is an adaptation of the first three lines of the poem.
Notes: The Introduction of "First Music Reader" by James M McLaughlin, G A Veazie and William Wallace Gilchrist, begins with the statement, "The First Reader of the New Educational Music Course is the first book to be placed in the hands of the pupil, and forms an integral part of a course for adequate music instruction in the public schools." "The aim of this Course it to develop in the pupil an intelligent appreciation and enjoyment of good music, a musical and expressive voice, the ability to read music at sight, and the power of musical interpretation."
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4467
musical score: Morris, Jane. "Flower Thoughts." First Music Reader, edited by James E. McLaughlin, et al., Ginn and Company, 1906, p. 92, no. 444. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/firstmusicreader00mclarich/page/92/mode/2up. Accessed 8 Sep. 2020.
"Copyright, 1903, 1906 by Ginn & Company - All Rights Reserved"
File(s): CRM-hopeislikeaharebell-morris.pdf
First line of lyrics: Oh Lady Moon, your horns point towards the east
Rossetti poem(s): "'O Lady Moon, your horns point toward the east'"
Composition history: The original setting is republished in a 2017 song collection called "Singing America: Song and Chorus Book."
Tempo markings: "Moderato ed espressivo"
Performance instructions: The preface to the 2017 song collection in which the setting is included begins, "Here in 130 songs and choruses is a comprehensive variety of fresh, lastingly loveable music for informal singing in homes, schools, recreation centers, clubs and camps. Much of it is fully substantial enough for concert programs also, but most of it, being folk-music, is as simple as can be, and all the rest of it is, for informal singing, within the reach of any group who love to sing and who have a sporting spirit."
Loomis, Harvey Worthington; music (American, 1865-1930)
Before the Paling of the Stars [Moneta Eagles]
genre: song|Christmas music|choral music|sacred music
Eagles, Moneta; music (Australian, 1924-2003)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4266
Cataloguer: Alicia Duffley, University of Ottawa
"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Harold Barker]
genre: song|anthem|Christmas music|choral music|sacred music
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4260
Cataloguer: Alicia Duffley and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
"Before the Paling of the Stars. Carol for S.A.T.B., unaccompanied. [Words by] C. Rossetti.." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/497628411. Accessed 10 September 2020.
"Before the Paling of the Stars" [John Boda]
genre: song|choral music|Christmas music|sacred music|carol
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4261
"Before the Paling of the Stars" [B.D. Byles]
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4262
"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Emma Lou Diemer]
Performance instructions: For organ or piano.
Dedication: "For the Park College Choir, Parkville, Missouri."
Diemer, Emma Lou; music (American, born 1927)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4264
London, Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel Co., Inc.
Before the Paling of the Stars [J. Edmund Hughes]
instrumentation: piano|handbells|wind chimes
Notes about the text: A setting of the first and third stanzas of the poem only.
Composition history: "Written for the Advanced Women's Chorale Red Mountain High School (Mesa Arizona), Joseph Johnston, Director"
Tempo markings: "Gently rocking"; dotted half note = 50
Performance instructions: Piano or handbell accompaniment. "Optional: windchimes before introduction and played softly through the first verse."
Notes: "the composer cleverly sneaks in the melody of What Child is This to lend a traditional flavor to this new Christmas piece."
Hughes, J. Edmund; music (American, born 1947)
Other data reference(s): "Before the Paling of the Stars [level: Easy]." Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=670. Accessed 14 September 2020.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Before the Paling of the Stars." Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., https://sbmp.com/PerusalFiles/SBMP670.pdf. Accessed 14 September 2020.
"© Copyright 2006 for ALL COUNTRIES by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc."
"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Stephen Dodgson]
genre: song|Christmas music|choral music|sacred music|carol
Dodgson, Stephen; music (British, 1924-2013)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4267
Other data reference(s): "Before The Paling Of The Stars." British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/paling-stars-0. Accessed 14 September 2020.
Record: CRM-christmascarolbefore-dodgson