First line of lyrics: Summer is gone with all its roses
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Place in the larger work: The third song of six in the song cycle called "And Winter comes," which includes 1. "Song" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "There comes a warning" (Emily Dickinson); 3. "Bitter for Sweet" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "An End" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "The Sky is low" (Emily Dickinson); 6. "I cannot meet the Spring unmoved" (Emily Dickinson).
Composition history: "And Winter comes" was commissioned by Leeds Lieder + Leeds Lieder + gratefully acknowledges the support of The Leche Trust"
Performance history: "The first performance was given by Anna Stéphany and Jonathan Fisher, at the Howard Assembly Room at Opera North, on Saturday 3 October 2009."
Woolrich, John; music (British, born 1954)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2076739. Accessed 11 August 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "And Winter comes." Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2076739. Accessed 11 August 2021.
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1 page (p. 3); complete song cycle performance time 8 minutes
First line of lyrics: Love, strong as Death, is dead
Place in the larger work: The fourth song of six in the song cycle called "And Winter comes," which includes 1. "Song" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "There comes a warning" (Emily Dickinson); 3. "Bitter for Sweet" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "An End" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "The Sky is low" (Emily Dickinson); 6. "I cannot meet the Spring unmoved" (Emily Dickinson).
2 pages (pp. 4-5); complete song cycle performance time 8 minutes
First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
Place in the larger work: The seventh song of nine in the song cycle called "To Touch the Sky," which includes 1. "Annunciation" (Marie Howe); 2. "Unbreakable" (Mirabai); 3. "The Fruit of Silence" (Mother Teresa of Calcutta); 4. "Falling Snow" (Amy Lowell); 5. "At Castle Wood" (Emily Brontë); 6. "Epitaph" (Edna St. Vincent Millay); 7. "Who has seen the wind?" (Christina Rossetti); 8. "With my two arms" (Sappho); 9. "Most noble evergreen" (Hildegard of Bingen).
Composition history: "Though in 1999 or so, I wrote a short choral work for the 300th anniversary of Yale University, To Touch the Sky is my first mature attempt at writing for unaccompanied chorus. Its genesis began during a discussion with Craig Hella Johnson, the visionary conductor of the Austin, Texas-based chorus Conspirare, who mentioned the idea of the 'divine feminine' and its origins in the Magnificat as the potential basis for a large-scale choral work. While the religious concept of the biblical Mary is for me purely mythological, the following quotation from Mary’s Vineyard by Andrew Harvey nonetheless served as a point of departure: 'All the powers of all the world's Mothers — Tara, Durga, Kali, of the Tao — are in Mary. She has Tara's sublime protectiveness towards all creation; Durga's (the Fortress's) inaccessible, silent face; the grandeur and terribleness of Kali; the infinite awareness of balance and mystery of the Tao. […]In Mary, then, we have a complete image of the Divine Feminine, an image at once transcendent and immanent, other-worldly and this-worldly, mystical and practical.' With this multicultural interpretation in mind, I began searching for poems by women concerning 'spirituality' in the very broadest sense. My aunt, the poet Fleda Brown, is always a tremendous resource when it comes to finding texts, and her assistance here was no exception. She lead me first to Marie Howe’s beautiful 'Annunciation' which I decided could be sung by a soprano soloist over the first lines of the Magnificat, sung by the rest of the chorus at the very opening. I found poems by Emily Bronte, whose tragic 'At Castle Wood' lies at the center of what is a loosely based arch form. There are quotes from Sappho, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, poems by the 16th-century Indian poet-saint Mirabai, Amy Lowell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Christina Georgina Rosetti, and the medieval composer, philosopher and mystic Hildegard of Bingen, in whose 'Most Noble Evergreen' I found great inspiration. | To Touch the Sky was commissioned by the Thelma Hunter Fund of the American Composers Forum and Conspirare" (Puts).
Performance instructions: "Quick and light"
Performance history: "[To Touch the Sky] was premiered by Conspirare under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson on September 27, 2012."
Recordings: "To Touch the Sky: VII. Who has seen the wind?" Kevin Puts. Performance by Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, conductor. Harmonia Mundi, 2013. YouTube, uploaded by Conspirare - Topic, 28 March 2020, https://youtu.be/sgFK9PgWLQ8.
Puts, Kevin Matthew; music (American, born 1972)
Other data reference(s): Puts, Kevin. "To Touch the Sky." Kevin Puts, http://www.kevinputs.com/program/to-touch-the-sky.html. Accessed 12 August 2021. "Kevin Puts." Conspirare, https://conspirare.org/product/kevin-puts-cd/. Accessed 12 August 2021.
musical score: University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin
5 pages (pp. 38-42); complete song cycle performance time 24 minutes
First line of lyrics: Spring bursts to-day
chorus: children's unison chorus|unison chorus
Composition history: "By kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co."
Shaw, Martin [Edward Fallas]; music (English, 1875-1958)
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
London: J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.; Germantown: Curwen Inc.
"Copyright, U.S.A. 1930, by Martin Shaw"
First line of lyrics: In the bleak midwinter
genre: choral music|song|Christmas music|sacred music
instrumentation: a cappella|keyboard (for rehearsal only)
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
Notes about the text: The phrase "Our God" is omitted from the first line of the second stanza and the third stanza of the poem is also omitted.
Performance instructions: "A few Sopranos should sing the Descant from measure 54 to the end."
Recordings: "In the Bleak Midwinter". Performance by The Singers, Matthew Culloton, director, David Trembley, Soundmaster Productions, recording engineer, in Minneapolis, MN. ECS Publishing Group. www.morningstarmusic.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter-harmon-neil.html. Accessed 6 March 2020.
Dedication: "For the Grace Church Choir, Wilmington, Delaware"
Harmon, Neil; music (American, born 1967)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina: text (English, 1830-1894)
Other data reference(s): "In the Bleak Midwinter". ECS Publishing Group, www.morningstarmusic.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter-harmon-neil.html. Accessed 16 February 2021.
Cataloguer: Baylie Karperien, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In the Bleak Midwinter". ECS Publishing Group. www.morningstarmusic.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter-harmon-neil.html. Accessed 16 February 2021.
"Copyright © 2016 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP) | A division of MorningStar Music Publishers Inc, St Louis, MO | All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. 1.800.647.2117 www.MorningStarMusic.com | Reproducing this publication in any form is prohibited by law without the permission of the publisher. | The various music licensing agencies do not give permission to copy this music."
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-harmon
"Strange Voices Sing Among the Planets" [Peter Fischer]
First line of lyrics: Strange voices sing among the planets which
Rossetti poem(s): "'Strange voices sing among the planets which'"
Tempo markings: "Lento"; quarter note = 64
Performance instructions: The 2010 score is for "SSATB and Piano," though with divisi for other voices. The 2020 publication is "For SATB div. Voices with Piano Accompaniment" and identical to the 2010 score.
Recordings: "Strange Voices Sing Among the Planets, For SATB Choir." Performance by University of Arizona Symphonic Choir, Elizabeth Schauer, director. SoundCloud, uploaded by Peter Fischer 75, 10 Apr. 2015, https://soundcloud.com/peter-fischer-75/strange-voices-sing-among-the-planets-for-satb-choir. Accessed 18 Feb. 2021.
Dedication: "For Tristan Frampton and Elizabeth Schauer" (2020)
Notes: In the section "About the Work" in the 2010 score, it states: "The text is a mysterious and beautiful poem by Christina Rossetti—at times dark and fathomless, and at others energetic, earth-based, and universal in its affirmation of light over darkness, and of the spirit-life out beyond what Rossetti (or any of us) can know. | The piano is an integral part of expressing this wonderful text--it serves as both sparks of light and as a dark underpinning to the entire work. The setting is also available in SSA and SSAA arrangements (both with piano)."
Fischer, Peter; music (American, born 1956)
musical score (2010): "Scores and Audio 2." Peter Fischer, https://www.collavoce.com/zoo/item/strange-voices-sing-among-the-planets-43-96800. Accessed 18 February 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Score and Audio 2." Peter Fischer Music, http://www.peterfischermusic.com/scores-and-audio-2.html. Accessed 18 February 2021 (2010). "Strange Voices Sing Among the Planets." Colla Voce Music LLC, https://www.collavoce.com/zoo/item/strange-voices-sing-among-the-planets-43-96800. Accessed 16 February 2021 (2020).
Crystalline Sky Music, LLC [2010]; Indianapolis: Colla Voce Music, LLC [2020]
2010 [composition] [publication] [copyright]; 2020 [publication] [copyright]
"Copyright © 2010 by Crystalline Sky Music, LLC | International Copyright Secured. Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved | www.crystallineskymusic.com" (2010). "Copyright © 2020 Colla Voce Music, LLC | P.O. Box 20484, Indianapolis IN 46220 | International Copyright Secured. Made in U.S.A. All rights reserved. | www.colavace.com" (2020).
12 pages; performance time 4 minutes and 20 seconds (2010). 12 pages (2020)
First line of lyrics: Spring bursts today
genre: choral music|Easter music|sacred music|song|carol
instrumentation: oboe|keyboard|keyboard (for rehearsal only)
Notes about the text: Stanzas 7 and 8 are omitted, and in stanza 6, "your" is substituted for "thy" and "through" for "thro'".
Performance instructions: "SATB Chorus, Soloists, Oboe, and Opt. keyboard." The keyboard part in the score is described as vocal reduction/optional keyword.
Recordings: This audio representation is an electronic playback of a digital score: "An Easter Carol". J.W. Pepper. https://www.jwpepper.com/An-Easter-Carol/10538746.item#/submit. Accessed 6 March 2021.
Sherrill, Bill [Forest William, Jr.]; music (American, born 1939)
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "An Easter Carol." JW Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/An-Easter-Carol/10538746.item#/submit. Accessed 18 February 2021.
8 pages; performance time ca. 2 minutes and 45 seconds
First line of lyrics: What do the stars do
Rossetti poem(s): "'What do the stars do'"
Recordings: This audio representation is an electronic playback of a digital score: "What do the stars do." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/What-do-the-stars-do/11165380.item#/. Accessed 3 March 2021.
Other data reference(s): "What do the stars do." James Knox, https://knoxsheetmusic.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-371849_what_do_the_stars_do.html. Accessed 7 Sep. 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "What Do the Stars Do". J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/What-do-the-stars-do/11165380.item#/. Accessed 3 March 2021.
First line of lyrics: The lily has a smooth stalk
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|string quartet
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp
Rossetti poem(s): "'The lily has a smooth stalk'"
Notes about the text: In the setting, the first stanza of the poem is followed by the third, except for the last line (l. 12), then the second, and ends with the third stanza repeated twice in its entirely.
Composition history: "Commissioned by Chorus Angelicus & Gaudeamus | Gabriel Löfvall, Artistic Director"
Tempo markings: dotted quarter note = 60
Performance instructions: "SATB with Piano and Optional String Quartet" (2018); "SA with Piano and Optional String Quartet" (2019)
Recordings: Premiere recording: "The Rose." Winter Songs. Performance by Choir of Royal Holloway, choir, 12 Ensemble, strings, Ola Gjeilo, piano, Rupert Gough, conductor, Decca Classics, 2017. Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/track/1Asz0xznBL1uDU2eMZP2wR?si=cbf4d69d8efd4941 or YouTube, https://youtu.be/Ph44oJ7WpGU, uploaded by Ola Gjeilo, 29 Jan. 2021. Accessed 7 Sep. 2021.
Gjeilo, Ola; music (Norwegian, works in United States, born 1978)
Other data reference(s): "The Rose." Ola Gjeilo, http://olagjeilo.com/sheet-music/choral-satb-accompanied/the-rose/, http://olagjeilo.com/sheet-music/choral-sa-accompanied/the-rose/, http://olagjeilo.com/sheet-music/choral-ssaa/the-rose-3/. Accessed 17 April 2021.
Cataloguer: Elizabeth Whicher & Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "The Rose." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/The-Rose/10850197.item#/. Accessed 6 March 2023 (SATB, 2018). "The Rose (SA) - Vocal Score." Gia Publications, Inc., https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-rose-sa-print-ww1691. Accessed 17 April 2021 (2019).
2018 [publication] [copyright]; 2919 [publication] [copyright]
"Copyright © 2019 by Walton Music Corporation | A Division of GIA Publications, Inc. | waltonmusic.com | International Copyright Secured Made in U.S.A. All rights reserved"
14 pages (SATB); 8 pages (SA); performance time 3 minutes and 30 seconds
First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one flat
other version 2 - instrumentation: piano
other version 2 - initial sharps/flats: one flat
Notes about the text: The musical setting adds a repetition of the words "the wind" at the end of the first line in the original texts, and repeats the first two lines twice before moving on to the third line of the text. It goes on to repeat lines three and four of the original text twice. The song follows this same format for the second stanza, except at the end of the last line, it also repeats "the wind is passing by" an additional time. It then adds the following lines where the original text would end: "The wind, the wind is passing by. Oh, who has seen the wind? Oh, who has seen the wind? Oh who has seen the wind? Not I."
Tempo markings: "Mezzo-piano"; dotted quarter note = ca. 66
Performance instructions: "With a flowing motion"
Recordings: "Who Has Seen the Wind?." SSATB, Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/who-has-seen-the-wind/p/00-45603/. Accessed 7 Sep. 2021.
Althouse, Jay; music (American, born 1951)
Cataloguer: Elizabeth Whicher, University of Ottawa
Musical score: "Who Has Seen the Wind?." Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/who-has-seen-the-wind/p/00-45603/ (SSATB); https://content.alfred.com/catpages/00-45604.pdf (SSAB); https://content.alfred.com/catpages/00-45605.pdf (SSA). Accessed 9 Sep. 2022.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Who Has Seen the Wind?." Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/who-has-seen-the-wind/p/00-45603/ (SSATB); https://content.alfred.com/catpages/00-45604.pdf (SSAB); https://content.alfred.com/catpages/00-45605.pdf (SSA). Accessed 9 Sep. 2022.
"Copyright © 2017 by Alfred Music. All Rights Reserved."
11 pages; performance time ca. 3 minutes
First line of lyrics: Before the paling of the stars
genre: choral music|song|Christmas music|carol|sacred music
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("Before the paling of the stars")
Notes about the text: In the third line of the lyrics, the composer changed the words from "Before the earliest cockcrow" of the poem to "Before the mourning dove could sing". The second stanza of the poem is omitted. The first line of the third stanza of the poem is changed from "Jesus on His Mother's breast" to "Jesus in his Mother's arms," in the second last line, the word "hoary" is changed to "grey", and in the last line, the word "glory" is repeated twice. The musical rendition repeats the first stanza an additional one and a half times, ending with the fourth line.
Performance instructions: "Expressively"
Recordings: "Born a Stranger." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Born-a-Stranger/10306861.item#/submit. Accessed 8 Sep. 2021.
Gray, Ruth Morris; music (American, born 1961)
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Born a Stranger." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Born-a-Stranger/10306861.item#/submit. Accessed 8 Sep. 2021.
Jubilate Music Group, LLC., Alfred Music Publishing Co. Inc.
"Copyright © 2012 by Alfred Music Publishing Co. Inc. All Rights Reserved."
First line of lyrics: Christmas hath darkness
genre: choral music|song|Christmas music|sacred music|carol
other version 1 - instrumentation: a cappella|piano
other version 2 - chorus: men's TTBB chorus
other version 2 - instrumentation: a cappella|piano
Notes about the text: The setting starts with the words "Christmas, Christmas Time," which is repeated after the first stanza of the poem and at the end of the song. In the lines 7 and 15 of the poem, the name "Jesus" is replaced by "gladness." The last line in both stanzas of the poem, "Brought for us so low" is replaced by the line "All the world can know" in the song. After the fourth line of the second stanza of the poem (l. 12), "Christmas" is repeated several time, followed by the first four lines of the first stanza of the poem, and then lines 13-15 of the poem.
Tempo markings: "Moderato"; quarter note = 100
Performance instructions: "(SATB, accompanied or a cappella)." “*optional solo quartet on ms. 45-52.”
Recordings: "Christmas Time Live." SoundCloud, uploaded by Robert S. Cohen, 4 Mar. 2020, https://soundcloud.com/user-139939122/christmas-time-live
Cohen, Robert S.; music (American, born 1945)
Other data reference(s): "Christmas Time." Robert S. Cohen, https://www.robertscohen.com/christmas-time-2010/. Accessed 10 Sep. 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Christmas Time." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Christmas-Time/10485043.item#/submit. Accessed 10 Sep. 2021
"In the Bleak Midwinter" [Richard Burchard]
genre: choral music|Christmas music|sacred music|song
instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)
Notes about the text: In the setting, the third stanza of the poem is omitted.
Performance instructions: "For S.A.T.B. Voices (div.) and Two Solos or small Groups, unaccompanied" "Misterioso"
Performance history: 15 Dec. 2013, "World Premier: The Louisville Vocal Project at St. James Catholic Church, Louisville, KY," while Burchard was composer-in-residence for the choir ("In the bleak midwinter") (Louisville Vocal Project) 3 Dec. 2017, performed by The L.A. Choral Lab, Michael Alfera, director, Christoph Bull,​ organ, at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles in the choir's holiday concert called "Christmas Lights." ("Christmas Lights"). "In the Bleak Midwinter (Richard Burchard)." YouTube, uploaded 7 Sep. 2018, https://youtu.be/xeGPYBMdW74.
Recordings: Burchard, Richard. “IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER for SATB Divisi Voices and Two Solos or Small Groups, a Cappella.” SoundCloud, uploaded 18 Aug. 2016, soundcloud.com/richardburchard-1/in-the-bleak-midwinter-for-satb-divisi-voices-and-two-solos-or-small-groups-a-calleppa. Accessed 9 March 2021.
Burchard, Richard; music (American, born 1960)
Other data reference(s): "In the Bleak Midwinter." Richard Burchard, https://www.richardburchard.com/works/in-the-bleak-midwinter. Accessed 15 Sep. 2021. Louisville Vocal Project. "Louisville Vocal Project Holiday Concerts." Event on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at 12:00 PM UNK, Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/events/369268816552984/. "Christmas Lights." The L.A. Choral Lab, http://www.lachorallab.org/christmas-lights-12317.html. Accessed 15 Sep. 2021.
Cataloguer: Genevieve Benson and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In the Bleak Mid-Winter." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/In-the-Bleak-Midwinter/10597460.item#/submit. Accessed 5 March 2021.
"© Copyright 2016 by Gentry Publications. Administered worldwide by Fred Book Music Company. | All rights reserved. Made in U.S.A. www.GentryPublications.com"
11 pages; performance time ca. 5 minutes and 30 seconds
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-burchard
First line of lyrics: Who told my mother of my shame
Notes about the text: In the setting, the pronoun "his" replaces "my" in line 10 of the poem, "Have spared my soul, your own sole too."
Performance instructions: "Bluesy, 'gut-bucket' style"
Recordings: This audio representation is an electronic playback of a digital score: "Sister Maude." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Sister-Maude/10522883.item#. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.
Notes: The song is advertised as follows: "The powerful poem by Christina Rossetti has been set as a bluesy, jazzed-up number for a woman soloist who really knows how to belt a melody." ("Sister Maude"). Is included in an anthology of 20 art songs curated by mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen, called "NewMusicShelf Anthology of New Music for Mezzo-Soprano, Vol. 1." ("NewMusicShelf Anthology...")
DeCesare, Stephen; music (American, born 1969)
Other data reference(s): "Sister Maude." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Sister-Maude/10522883.item#. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021. "NewMusicShelf Anthology of New Music for Mezzo-Soprano, Vol. 1." NewMusicShelf, https://www.newmusicshelf.com/product/anthology-mezzo-soprano-vol-1/. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.
Cataloguer: Genevieve Benson, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Sister Maude." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Sister-Maude/10522883.item#/submit. Accessed 7 March 2021.
"© 2015 exsultetusic.com * exultetmsic.com"
8 pages; performance time ca. 2 minutes and 30 seconds
"Herself a Rose" [Cristine Temple-Evans]
First line of lyrics: Herself a rose, who bore the Rose
Rossetti poem(s): "'Herself a rose, who bore the Rose'"
Notes about the text: In the setting, the fourth line of the second stanza in the poem (l. 9) is omitted. The first line of the poem is repeated at the end of the song.
Performance instructions: On page 10 of the score, it stipulates, "CANON may be repeated as many times as desired and may be sung by soloists." For the last three bars, "in the absence of low C basses, all basses sing the top bass C."
Recordings: She Herself a Rose. Performance by Arizona State University Choir, Bartlett R. Evans, conductor. Santa Barbara Music Publishing, https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1265. Accessed 9 Mar. 2021.
Dedication: "For the Arizona State University Concert Choir, Bart Evans, Conductor"
Temple-Evans, Cristine; music (American, born 1950)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina (English, 1830-1894)
Cataloguer: Genevieve Benson, University Ottawa
Musical score: Santa Barbara Music Publishing, https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1265. Accessed 9 Mar. 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Herself a Rose." Santa Barbara Music Publishing, https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1265. Accessed 9 March 2021.
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.
"It is illegal to duplicate this piece by photocopying or by other means. | Those violating the copyright will be punished to the full extent of the law. | © Copyright 2015 for ALL COUNTRIES by Santa Barbara Publishing Inc."
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: The second song of two in the song cycle called "The Silent Land," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Remember"; 2. "Song."
Performance instructions: "Mesto - ma con moto"
Hugh-Jones, Elaine, music (British, 1927-2021)
Other data reference(s): Record for "The Silent Land." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1113626224. Accessed 20 September 2021.
Cataloguer: Genevieve Benson and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Trinity Laban, Jerwood Library of the Performing Arts, London
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: “Song.” British Music Collection, britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/song-23. Accessed 8 March 2021.
"What Do the Stars Do?" [Sherri Porterfield]
other version 2 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp
Performance instructions: "Gently, rubato"
Performance history: Performed on 17 April 2011 by Lenoir-Rhyne Youth Chorus, Florence Jowers, director and Freda Herrell, piano. "What Do The Stars Do (Sherri Porterfield)." YouTube, uploaded by SebSteph Bertrand, 19 Apr. 2011, https://youtu.be/cRlPxCkA8mE.
Recordings: "What Do the Stars Do?" Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/what-do-the-stars-do/p/00-11602/. Accessed 1 March. 2021.
Dedication: "For the 1994-95 Frontier Trail Bel Canto Chorus | Olathe, Kansas" (SSA 1995 version only)
Notes: Alfred Music explains that Sherri Porterfield originally composed the setting for SSA, a "'must' for school-age treble choirs." She then adapted it for SATB and SAB for "all ages." "Ideal for festivals and adjudications, it's also suitable for December concerts."
Porterfield, Sherri; music (American, born 1959)
Other data reference(s): Ruthenberg, Eric C. "What Do the Stars Do? by Sherri Porterfield." The Choral Journal, vol. 36, no. 8, American Choral Directors Association, 1996, p. 68, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23550820.
Cataloguer: Grace Beyleveldt, University of Ottawa
Musical score for SSA: Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/what-do-the-stars-do/p/00-11602/. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
Musical score for SATB: Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/what-do-the-stars-do/p/00-19281/. Accessed 20 Sept. 2021.
Musical score for SAB: Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/what-do-the-stars-do/p/00-19282/. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "What Do the Stars Do?" Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/what-do-the-stars-do/p/00-11602/ (SSA), https://www.alfred.com/what-do-the-stars-do/p/00-19281/ (SATB), https://www.alfred.com/what-do-the-stars-do/p/00-19282/(SAB). Accessed 1 March. 2021.
1995 [publication] [copyright] for SSA, 2000 [publication] [copyright] for SATB, SAB
"Copyright © MCMXCV by Albert Publishing Co., Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA" (SSA version). "Copyright © MM by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA" (SATB, SAB versions)
7 pages; performance time ca. 2 minutes 30 minutes
First line of lyrics: Does the road wind up-hill all the way?
Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = ca. 86
Recordings: Gilpin, G. "Uphill." Music For Choir: Volume 2. Performed by Trade Singers, James Ray, conductor. Excelcia Music Publishing, 2020. https://excelciamusic.com/choral-recordings-2020/.
Gilpin, Greg; music (American, born 1964)
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Uphill." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Uphill/11198808.item#/submit. Accessed 1 March 2021.
"© 2020 by Excelcia Music Publishing, LLC | International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved Including Performing Rights"
First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas
genre: carol|choral music|Christmas music|sacred music|song
Tempo markings: "Estatico"; quarter note = ca. 69
Ferrari, Carlotta; music (Italian, born 1975)
Reference: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/
Musical score: "Christmastide." Petrucci Music Library, https://imslp.org/wiki/Christmastide_(Ferrari%2C_Carlotta). Accessed 10 Mar. 2021.
"Christmastide" [source: https://imslp.org/wiki/Christmastide_(Ferrari%2C_Carlotta)] by Carlotta Ferrari [http://carlottaferrari.altervista.org/], is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The work appears here unmodified.
First line of lyrics: I never said I loved you, John!
Composition history: It was "composed in Perugia, Italy." ("No Thank You John")
Performance history: The score states that it was "first performed by Barbara Wester Skipworth at Lewis & Clark College in Portland as part of a full set of George Skipworth works." But IMSLP Petrucci Music Library entry by the composer states that it premiered at the Umbra Institute, Perugia, Italy. (IMSLP Petrucci Music Library)
Recordings: "Barbara Wester Skipworth, soprano - No Thank you John - G. F. Skipworth." Performance by Barbara Wester Skipworth, soprano and G. F. Skipworth, piano. YouTube, uploaded by George Skipworth, 13 Feb. 2019, https://youtu.be/Ig_toj6i8OU.
Dedication: "Barbara Wester" ("IMSLP Petrucci Music Library")
Other data reference(s): "No Thank You John." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, uploaded by Meramera8888, 5 May 2018, https://imslp.org/wiki/No_Thank_You_John_(Skipworth%2C_George_F.). Accessed 21 Sept. 2021. "No, Thank You, John." George Skipworth, MusicaNeo, uploaded 13 Feb. 2017, https://gskipworth.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-273281_no_thank_you_john.html. Accessed 21 Sept. 2021.
Musical score: "No Thank You John," IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, uploaded by Meramera8888, 5 May 2018, https://imslp.org/wiki/No_Thank_You_John_(Skipworth%2C_George_F.). Accessed 21 Sept. 2021.
2009-2010 [composition]; 2016 [copyright]; 2017 [publication]
"2016, Rosslare Arts International All rights reserved. Please do not photocopy or redistribute this material in any form without the express written permission by the publisher." "No Thank You John" [source: https://imslp.org/wiki/No_Thank_You_John_(Skipworth%2C_George_F.)] by George F. Skipworth [Meramera8888] [https://gskipworth.musicaneo.com/], is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. The work appears here unmodified.
First line of lyrics: So brief a life, and then an endless life
genre: requiem|sacred music|choral music|song
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Place in the larger work: The third song of twelve in the requiem called "For Those Left Behind", which includes "No Eye Has Seen" (DeCesare); "Kyrie" (DeCesare); "All Flesh Is Grass" (Christina Rossetti); "Those Who Sow In Tears (DeCesare); "Unless A Grain Of Wheat" (DeCesare); "I Am The Alpha And the Omega" (DeCesare); "Loved One Farewell" (Mary B. Slade); "Holy is The Lord of Hosts" (DeCesare); "Panis Angelicus" (DeCesare); "In Paradise" (music adaptation from an old Irish Air, Fred E. Weaterly, adapted and arranged by DeCesare); "Remember" (Christina Rossetti); "Safely Home" ("Safely Home" by anonymous, "Amazing Grace" by John Newton (1725-1807); music includes "Nearer My God to Thee" by Lowell Mason (1805-1848), "Amazing Grace": early American Melody).
Recordings: This audio representation is an electronic playback of a digital score: "All Flesh Is Grass." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/All-Flesh-Is-Grass/10459161.item. Accessed 24 Sep. 2021.
Notes: The Requiem Mass called "For Those Left behind" is "for those who have lost a loved one. It is not a traditional Requiem but one that gives comfort and healing for the living." ("For Those Left Behind"). This song is also sold separately as a vocal score for soprano solo, SATB and piano.
Other data reference(s): "For Those Left Behind.” J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/For-Those-Left-Behind/10468064.item. Accessed 24 Sept. 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "To Those Left Behind." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/For-Those-Left-Behind/10468064.item. "All Flesh is Grass." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/All-Flesh-Is-Grass/10459161.item. Accessed 10 Mar. 2021.
First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: six flats
Place in the larger work: The eleventh song of twelve in the requiem called "For Those Left Behind", which includes "No Eye Has Seen" (DeCesare); "Kyrie" (DeCesare); "All Flesh Is Grass" (Christina Rossetti); "Those Who Sow In Tears (DeCesare); "Unless A Grain Of Wheat" (DeCesare); "I Am The Alpha And the Omega" (DeCesare); "Loved One Farewell" (Mary B. Slade); "Holy is The Lord of Hosts" (DeCesare); "Panis Angelicus" (DeCesare); "In Paradise" (music adaptation from an old Irish Air, Fred E. Weaterly, adapted and arranged by DeCesare); "Remember" (Christina Rossetti); "Safely Home" ("Safely Home" by anonymous, "Amazing Grace" by John Newton (1725-1807); music includes "Nearer My God to Thee" by Lowell Mason (1805-1848), "Amazing Grace": early American Melody).
Recordings: This audio representation is an electronic playback of a digital score: "Remember." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Remember/10467881.item. Accessed 24 Sep. 2021.
Notes: The Requiem Mass called "For Those Left behind" is "for those who have lost a loved one. It is not a traditional Requiem but one that gives comfort and healing for the living." ("For Those Left Behind"). This song is also sold separately as a vocal score for soprano solo and piano.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "To Those Left Behind." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/For-Those-Left-Behind/10468064.item. "Remember." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Remember/10467881.item. Accessed 10 Mar. 2021.
5 pages; performance time 2 minutes 50 seconds
"Song of the Branch" [Yvonne M Barton-Leach]
First line of lyrics: Two doves upon the self-same branch
genre: song|choral music|part song|children's music
other version 1 - chorus: children’s three-part chorus
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Two doves upon the selfsame branch")
Performance instructions: "This sweet piece based on the poetry of Christina Rossetti introduces young voices to beginnings of harmony singing. ! "Song of the Branch" includes simple harmony opportunities, counter-melodies and canonic motifs to develop young choral singers."
Barton-Leach, Yvonne M.; music (Australian)
Cataloguer: Julia Farnsworth, University of Ottawa
Musical score for two-part: Wirripang Pty Ltd
Musical score for three-part: Wirripang Pty Ltd
"Copyright © 2014 Y M Barton-Leach. | Published by Wirripang Pty Ltd, February 2015." "All rights reserved. This material (music and preface) may not reproduced or tansmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, without permission in writing from the publisher. | First published February 2015 | Wirripang Pty Ltd | 18/106 Corrimal Street, Wollongong 2500 | Australia." The score appears on this website by kind permission of the publisher, Wirripang Pty Ltd.
File(s): CRM-songtwodoves-bartonleach-2part.pdf; CRM-songtwodoves-bartonleach-3part.pdf
First line of lyrics: Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
Rossetti poem(s): "'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
Recordings: "Lullaby." Hyde: Fire in My Heart. Performance by Wendy Dixon, soprano, David Miller, piano. Wirripang, 2015. YouTube, uploaded by Wendy Dixon - Topic, 30 Jan. 2015, https://youtu.be/IyD21yksg5M.
Dedication: "To Nora Lawetzy - later Law"
Notes: "Music edited by Christine Edwards."
Hyde, Miriam Beatrice; music (Australian, 1913-2005)
Other data reference(s): "Lullaby". Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/lti/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C784744. Accessed 2 June 2019.
Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson, University of Ottawa
Musical Score: Publications by Wirripang
1943 [composition] [copyright]; 2006 [publication]
"Copyright Miriam Hyde 1943. Published by Publications by Wirripang. August 2006." This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. For permission, contact Publications by Wirripang, 18/106 Corrimal Street, Wollongong NSW 2500 Australia, Telephone: 02 4228 9388, Fax: 02 4228 9377, E-mail: keats@wirripang.com.au Web: australiancomposers.com.au. The score appears on this website by kind permission of the publisher, Publications by Wirripang.
First line of lyrics: Where sunless rivers weep
Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = "c.86"
Recordings: "Dream Land." Hyde: Fire in My Heart. Performance by Wendy Dixon, soprano, David Miller, piano. Wirripang, 2015. YouTube, uploaded by Wendy Dixon - Topic, 30 Jan. 2015, https://youtu.be/-N-WGGTyYD8.
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4351
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Other data reference(s): Record for "Dream land." Australian Musical Centre, https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/hyde-miriam-dream-land. Accessed 26 Nov. 2018.
Cataloguer: Virginia Ouimet, University of Ottawa
musical score: Publications by Wirripang
1933 [composition] [copyright]; 2006 [publication]
"Copyright Mariam Hyde 1933. Published by Publications by Wirripang, July 2006." For permission contact Publications by Wirripang, 18/106 Corrimal Street, Wollongong 2500, Australia. Telephone: 02 4228 9388, Fax: 02 4228 9377, E-mail: keats@wirripang.com.au Web: australiancomposers.com.au. The score appears on this website by kind permission of the publisher, Publications by Wirripang.
6 pages; performance time, approximately 3 minutes and 15 seconds.