"When I am dead, my dearest" [Dr. Chris Fistonich]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Recordings: This audio representation is an electronic playback of a digital score: "Fistonich - When I am dead, my dearest (SATB)." 2020. YouTube, https://youtu.be/D4dEZiZJyRs. Accessed 18 April 2022.
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Other data reference(s): "Fistonich - When I am dead, my dearest (SATB)." 2020. YouTube, https://youtu.be/D4dEZiZJyRs. Accessed 18 April 2022.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
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performance time 3 minutes and 49 seconds
"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Chris Artley]
instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)
Tempo markings: "Largo"; quarter note = 60
Performance instructions: "For Laudamus." "[...] the women’s and men’s parts can alternately take over this captivating melody, tenderly accompanied by the rest of the choir" ("SATB Choral").
Recordings: "'When I am Dead, My Dearest' - music by Chris Artley & words by Christina Rossetti." Recorded by Matt Curtis. 2017. Soundcloud, https://soundcloud.com/chris-artley/song-music-by-chris-artley-words-by-christina-rossetti. Accessed 19 April 2022.
Artley, Chris; music (New Zealand, born 1963)
Other data reference(s): "SATB Choral." Chris Artley: Composer, https://www.chrisartley.com/satb-choral. Accessed 19 April 2022.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." Chris Artley: Composer, https://www.chrisartley.com/_files/ugd/8bd436_d4abe7bf6e3545ed90d7a361319a58f9.pdf. Accessed 19 April 2022.
"Christ [sic] Artley, When I am Dead, My Dearest • SATB • © 2017 HELBLIN | AUSTRIA: Kaplanstrasse 9, 6063 Rum/Innsbruck | GERMANY: P.O. Box 100754, 73707 Esslingen |SWITZERLAND: Aemmenmattstrasse 43, 3123 Belp-Bern • Alle Rechte vorbehalten / All rights reserved"
3 pages; performance time 1 minute and 40 seconds
First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away
Place in the larger work: The first song of two in the song cycle called "The Silent Land," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Remember"; 2. "Song."
Tempo markings: "Adagio (ma non troppo)"; quarter note = 56
Performance instructions: "con espressione"
Hugh-Jones, Elaine, music (British, 1927-2021)
Other data reference(s): "The silent land." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1113626224. Accessed 21 April 2022.
musical score: Trinity Laban, Jerwood Library of the Performing Arts, London
"When I am dead, my dearest" [Saskia Kusrahadianti]
Recordings: Kusrahadianti, Saskia. "When I am dead my dearest (Guitar and Vocal arrangement)." YouTube, uploaded by ScheherazadEify, 2 Aug. 2013, https://youtu.be/2eRVQfI2kvc.
Dedication: "I shall dedicate this to my dearest~ | Thank you Shard for requesting this one!" (Kusrahadianti)
Kusrahadianti, Saskia; music (Australian)
Other data reference(s): Kusrahadianti, Saskia. "When I am dead my dearest (Guitar and Vocal arrangement)." YouTube, uploaded by ScheherazadEify, 2 Aug. 2013, https://youtu.be/2eRVQfI2kvc.
performance time 3 minutes and 30 seconds
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-kusrahadianti
Composition history: "Rossetti's poems are strong in ideology and it is hoped the music simply highlights the thoughts and feelings of the writer as she paints a sad but also positive picture of life after grief. This setting was originally written for 'The Harry Ensemble' choir, UK, to be performed as part of their 2020 tour of Tuscany: the tour was cancelled as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic" ("Edward-Rhys Harry: Song").
Tempo markings: "Andante flessibile"; quarter note = c. 60
Harry, Edward-Rhys; music (Welsh, born 1973)
Other data reference(s): "Edward-Rhys Harry: Song." Universal Edition, https://www.universaledition.com/edward-harry-7861/works/song-30458. Accessed 11 April 2022.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Edward-Rhys Harry: Song." Universal Edition, https://www.universaledition.com/edward-harry-7861/works/song-30458. Accessed 11 April 2022.
Composition history: "In 2011, composer Edward-Rhys Harry was approached by the Child Bereavement UK charity to conduct their annual Christmas concert. A coming together of staff members but also of those who had been supported by the charity: those who had lost a child and children who had lost loved ones. The concert was to be a happy occasion that would also need some room for reflection by all those who attended. | Reading Festival Chorus was asked to perform as the choir for the evening, assisting the congregation in singing Christmas carols and songs but that need for reflection and remembrance was the inspiration for this particular setting. | Reflective, sensitive but ultimately leading the listener to accept Rossetti's words of comfort, and encouragement to be happy - yes even in loss" ("Remember - Edward-Rhys Harry").
Performance instructions: "The piece is suitable for performance in church services as well as memorial and celebration services" ("Remember - Edward-Rhys Harry").
Recordings: "Remember." Remember: British Choral Music for Reflection and Remembrance. Performance by The Harry Ensemble, choir. Regent Records, 2020. YouTube, https://youtu.be/u5oLcWBQ_Is.
Other data reference(s): "Remember - Edward-Rhys Harry." Chichester Music Press, https://chichestermusicpress.co.uk/cgi-bin/chichestermusicpress.pl?chunk=scoreid&ismn=9790708116141?chunk=scoreid&ismn=9790708116141. Accessed 11 April 2022.
"In The Bleak Midwinter" [Edward-Rhys Harry]
genre: choral music|song|Christmas music
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
Composition history: "Originally written for the choir at Queen Mary's College, this piece takes the familiar words of Christina Rossetti and translates them into a semi dramatico setting, exploring the atmosphere and images projected from the text. The main intent was to explore the relationship between the music and the words. In ABA form, the piece moves from one minor key to another before returning to its original state" ("In The Bleak Midwinter - Edward-Rhys Harry").
Other data reference(s): "In The Bleak Midwinter - Edward-Rhys Harry." Chichester Music Press, https://chichestermusicpress.co.uk/cgi-bin/chichestermusicpress.pl?chunk=scoreid&ismn=M708047858. Accessed 11 April 2022.
performance time 4 minutes and 15 seconds
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-harry
"Love Came Down At Christmas" [Edward-Rhys Harry]
First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas
genre: song|choral music|Christmas music|song cycle
chorus: SAATB chorus|children's two-part chorus
Place in the larger work: The third song of five in the song cycle called "Five Christmas Poems," which includes 1. "The Angel Gabriel" (unknown, translated by Sabine Baring-Gould); 2. "In Memoriam" (Alfred Lord Tennyson); 3. "Love Came Down At Christmas" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "Christmas Eve" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "From East to West, From Shore to Shore" (unknown).
Composition history: "Written for Harlow Chorus (UK) in October 2021 as a tribute to their resilience during the national lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a collection of five Christmas poems brought together to celebrate the Christmas season."
Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = 80
Performance instructions: "Where a children’s choir is unavailable, movements 3 and 5 can be performed using a section of the adult choir instead. | The piece was written to include a set of parts for an optional wind quintet."
Other data reference(s): "Love Came Down at Christmas." Universal Edition, https://www.universaledition.com/edward-harry-7861/works/five-christmas-poems-31846. Accessed 9 May 2022.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Love Came Down at Christmas." Universal Edition, https://www.universaledition.com/edward-harry-7861/works/five-christmas-poems-31846. Accessed 9 May 2022.
6 pages (pp. 25-30); complete song cycle performance time 17 minutes
First line of lyrics: Christmas hath a darkness
Place in the larger work: The fourth song of five in the song cycle called "Five Christmas Poems," which includes 1. "The Angel Gabriel" (unknown, translated by Sabine Baring-Gould); 2. "In Memoriam" (Alfred Lord Tennyson); 3. "Love Came Down At Christmas" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "Christmas Eve" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "From East to West, From Shore to Shore" (unknown).
Tempo markings: "Andante semplice"; quarter note = 70
Performance instructions: "The piece was written to include a set of parts for an optional wind quintet."
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Christmas Eve." Universal Edition, https://www.universaledition.com/edward-harry-7861/works/five-christmas-poems-31846. Accessed 9 May 2022.
11 pages (pp. 31-41); complete song cycle performance time 17 minutes
"When I am dead, my dearest" [Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Lewis Patzner]
Composition history: "With help from the version for organ by A. E. Hull."
Performance history: Performance by the arranger published on YouTube on 15 Aug. 2020: "Coleridge-Taylor - When I am Dead, My Dearest - Cello Quartet." YouTube, https://youtu.be/uz8-WUjshSc.
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel; music (English, 1875-1912)
Other data reference(s): Patzner, Lewis. "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor." Lewis Patzner, https://www.lewispatzner.com/when-i-am-dead-my-dearest. Accessed 13 May 2022.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "When I Am Dead, My Dearest," Lewis Patzner, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e865ab79c91d667248cc0cc/t/5f341dc7397ad91aecf1a277/1597251015958/When_I_am_dead%2C_my_dearest_From_Sorrow_Song_2-Score_and_Parts.pdf. Accessed 13 May 2022.
2 pages; performance time 3 minutes and 1 second
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-coleridge-taylor-patzner
"When I am dead, my dearest" [The Quaranettes]
instrumentation: accordion|guitar|violin|percussion
Composition history: "A whim became a reality – four friends, all working artists facing unemployment in the wake of COVID-19, thought it would be fun to learn some 4-part songs with which to serenade our neighbours at their doorsteps and balconies. After a rapturous reception from our East Van community, the Quarantettes took the next creative step. | We have created Dreaming Through Twilight - a joyful musical rendering of 5 poets’ meditations on death, the soul, and the sublime, set to original compositions for voice and instrumental ensemble. Our songs feature the works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, E. Pauline Johnson, Helene Johnson, and Charlotte Mary Mew, women who fought for their own corners of artistic expression and whose words resonate far beyond their own lifetimes."
Performance history: "The Quarantettes - "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." YouTube, https://youtu.be/kRpNIcm4q1E. Accessed 16 May 2022.
Recordings: The Quaranettes. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." Dreaming Through Twilight. Performance by Meaghan Chenosky, vocals, Mishelle Cuttler, vocals & accordion, Molly MacKinnon, vocals & violin, AJ Simmons, vocals, Sara Vickruck, vocals & guitar, Sally Zori, percussion. 2020. Bandcamp, https://thequarantettes.bandcamp.com/releases.
Other data reference(s): "Dreaming Through Twilight." Bandcamp, https://thequarantettes.bandcamp.com/releases. Accessed 16 May 2022.
performance time 3 minutes and 5 seconds
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-cuttler-mackinnon
First line of lyrics: I cannot tell you how it was
other version 1 - solo: medium-high voice
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|flute|cello
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Rossetti poem(s): "May" ("I cannot tell you how it was")
Place in the larger work: The first song of five in the song cycle called "Rossetti Songs," which includes 1. "May"; 2. "A Summer Wish"; 3. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest"; 4. "No, Thank You, John"; 5. "Sleeping At Last."
Composition history: "I was directed toward Christina Rossetti’s poetry by a sometime collaborator: the poet Patty Seyburn, who is a professor at Cal State University at Long Beach. She thought that Rossetti’s lyricism would marry well with my music. I read through her complete works and selected those poems that moved me emotionally and elicited musical ideas. I arranged the five poems so that they presented a variety of moods and organized them so that they would provide a dramatic arc. I was struck by her penchant toward the subject of death and therefore made her final poem the last work in my cycle" (Mathews).
Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = 88
Performance history: "The piano-vocal version was performed at the Source Song Festival in Minneapolis [in 2015]" (Mathews).
Recordings: Mathews, Norman. "May." Rapport. Performance by Melissa Manseau, soprano, Paul Dykstra, piano, Beth Pearson, cello, Jennifer Yeaton-Paris, flute. Navona, 2010.
Notes: Program Notes: "The songs move inexorably toward death, Rossetti’s principal theme throughout her work and for which she implores us to sing no sad songs for her. The cycle also follows a seasonal arc from the height of spring—and even this season left her 'old and cold and grey' — to the final bows of summer, when even the gusty blasts that presage autumn cannot disturb her dreamless sleep. The pieces are written essentially in a tonal idiom, colored with passages of disquieting dissonance. The exception is “No, Thank You, John,” which, except for a waltz-like interlude, is mostly an atonal counterpoint to her comically mordant rejection of a persistent suitor. The final song, 'Sleeping at Last,' which is the last poem she wrote, is melodically and harmonically the most simple and most tonal, in reflection of her final repose."
Mathews, Norman; music (American, born 1942)
Other data reference(s): Mathews, Norman. "Rossetti Music." Received by Mary Arseneau. 21 Jan 2021. "Works." Norman Mathews, https://normanmathews.com/list-of-music-and-theater-works-of-norman-mathews/. Accessed 19 May 2022.
musical score with piano accompaniment: Norman Mathews
musical score with piano, flute, cello accompaniment: Norman Mathews
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "May" (chamber version). New Music U.S.A., http://library.newmusicusa.org/library/composition.aspx?CompositionID=344067. Accessed 19 May 2022.
2008 [composition]; 2009 [copyright] [publication]
"© Copyright 2009 by Ebury Press. | Copyright for all countries. All rights reserved." The score appears on this website by kind permission of composer Norman Mathews.
4 pages (pp. 3-6); performance time 2 minutes and 16 seconds
First line of lyrics: Love all thy sweet life thro'
Place in the larger work: The second song of five in the song cycle called "Rossetti Songs," which includes 1. "May"; 2. "A Summer Wish"; 3. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest"; 4. "No, Thank You, John"; 5. "Sleeping At Last."
Tempo markings: "Gioioso"; quarter note = 92
Recordings: Mathews, Norman. "A Summer Wish." Rapport. Performance by Melissa Manseau, soprano, Paul Dykstra, piano, Beth Pearson, cello, Jennifer Yeaton-Paris, flute. Navona, 2010.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "A Summer Wish." (chamber version). New Music U.S.A., http://library.newmusicusa.org/library/composition.aspx?CompositionID=344068. Accessed 19 May 2022.
5 pages (pp. 7-11); performance time 1 minutes and 54 seconds
File(s): CRM-summerwish-mathews-piano.pdf
"When I am Dead, My Dearest" [Norman Mathews]
Place in the larger work: The third song of five in the song cycle called "Rossetti Songs," which includes 1. "May"; 2. "A Summer Wish"; 3. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest"; 4. "No, Thank You, John"; 5. "Sleeping At Last."
Recordings: Mathews, Norman. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." Rapport. Performance by Melissa Manseau, soprano, Paul Dykstra, piano, Beth Pearson, cello, Jennifer Yeaton-Paris, flute. Navona, 2010.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "When I Am Dead My Dearest" (chamber version). New Music U.S.A., http://library.newmusicusa.org/library/composition.aspx?CompositionID=344069. Accessed 20 May 2022.
5 pages (pp. 12-16); performance time 2 minutes and 54 seconds
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-mathews-piano.pdf
"'No, Thank You, John'" [Norman Mathews]
First line of lyrics: I never said I love you
Place in the larger work: The fourth song of five in the song cycle called "Rossetti Songs," which includes 1. "May"; 2. "A Summer Wish"; 3. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest"; 4. "'No, Thank You, John'"; 5. "Sleeping At Last."
Performance instructions: "Scherzando" (version with piano, flute, cello accompaniment)
Recordings: Mathews, Norman. "'No, Thank You, John.'" Rapport. Performance by Melissa Manseau, soprano, Paul Dykstra, piano, Beth Pearson, cello, Jennifer Yeaton-Paris, flute. Navona, 2010.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "'No, Thank You, John'" (chamber version). New Music U.S.A., http://library.newmusicusa.org/library/composition.aspx?CompositionID=344070. Accessed 20 May 2022.
8 pages (pp. 17-24); performance time 2 minutes and 28 seconds
File(s): CRM-nothankyou-mathews-piano.pdf
other version 2 - solo: medium-high voice
other version 2 - instrumentation: piano|double bass
other version 2 - initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Place in the larger work: The fifth song of five in the song cycle called "Rossetti Songs," which includes 1. "May"; 2. "A Summer Wish"; 3. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest"; 4. "No, Thank You, John"; 5. "Sleeping At Last."
Performance instructions: "Rhythmically free, molto espressivo e appassionato"; "Teneramente, rhythmically free" (version with piano, flute, cello accompaniment). "Sleeping at Last" has another version for piano-voice and contrabass.
Performance history: "The piano-vocal version was performed at the Source Song Festival in Minneapolis [in 2015]." The version for piano-voice and contrabass "was done at the request of Gregory Wiest, a tenor with the Munich Opera. He performed it as an encore in one of his Munich recitals." (Mathews).
Recordings: Mathews, Norman. "Sleeping At Last." Rapport. Performance by Melissa Manseau, soprano, Paul Dykstra, piano, Beth Pearson, cello, Jennifer Yeaton-Paris, flute. Navona, 2010.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Sleeping at Last" (chamber version). New Music U.S.A., http://library.newmusicusa.org/library/composition.aspx?CompositionID=344071. Accessed 19 May 2022.
5 pages (pp. 25-29); performance time 2 minutes and 54 seconds
File(s): CRM-sleepingatlast-mathews-piano.pdf
"(When I'm Dead) Sing No Sad Songs" [The Kruger Brothers]
First line of lyrics: When I'm dead, my dearest
Recordings: "(When I'm Dead) Sing No Sad Songs." Access All Areas. Performance by Jens Kruger, vocals and banjo, Uwe Kruger, vocals and guitar, Joel Landsberg, vocals and bass. Blue Martin Records, 1996. "When I'm Dead My Dearest." Between the Notes. Performance by Jens Kruger, vocals and banjo, Uwe Kruger, vocals and guitar, Joel Landsberg, vocals and bass. Double Time Music, 2009.
Notes: The setting was re-released as "When I'm Dead My Dearest" in 2009.
performance time 3 minutes and 47 seconds
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-kruger-kruger
Composition history: "Two years ago, with Rebecca [Luker]’s voice in my mind, I set two poems (texts by Christina Rossetti and Edna St. Vincent Millay) to music, and I printed them out and gave them to her. Surprise! Yesterday she sang them for me for the first time, and on March 9th she’s giving them their world premiere. Unbelievably to me, Becca came into the first rehearsal with the songs memorized, so the first time I heard them, they were in the voice I had imagined and they were accurate and shapely and full of musical nuance. At one point she said, 'Oh, I’m sorry; I’ll fix that,' and I said, 'Stop talking. My dreams are coming true'" ("SubCulture Debut, Monday, March 9th at 8pm").
Tempo markings: dotted quarter note = 50
Performance instructions: "Gentle Two, Fluid but Steady"
Performance history: Debut performance of the song on March 9, 2015 at SubCulture in New York City, featuring vocalist Rebecca Luker, Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf playing the cello, and the composer on piano ("SubCulture Debut, Monday, March 9th at 8pm").
Dedication: "for Rebecca Luker | dedicated to Avery Funkhouser (3/10/2015)"
Stitt, Georgia; music (American, born 1972)
Other data reference(s): "SubCulture Debut, Monday, March 9th at 8pm." Georgia Stitt, https://georgiastitt.com/subculture-debut-monday-march-9th-at-8pm/. Accessed 24 May 2022. "When I Am Dead." Georgia Stitt, https://georgiastitt.com/music-library/when-i-am-dead/. Accessed 24 May 2022. "When I Am Dead." Musicnotes, https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0147854#ProductDetails. Accessed 24 May 2022.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "When I Am Dead." Musicnotes, https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0147854#ProductDetails. Accessed 24 May 2022.
"© 2013 Geocate Music (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved."
First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night
Performance history: "[P]erformed by the Women’s Chorus at the University of California, Berkeley" ("Georgia Stitt").
Other data reference(s): "Echo." Georgia Stitt, https://georgiastitt.com/music-library/echo-2/. Accessed 25 May 2022. "Echo." Music Notes, https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0148186. Accessed 25 May 2022. "Georgia Stitt." New Musical Theatre, https://newmusicaltheatre.com/collections/georgia-stitt. Accessed 25 May 2022.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Echo." Music Notes, https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0148186. Accessed 25 May 2022.
"© 1993 Geocate Music | All Rights Reserved."
First line of lyrics: I have no wit, no words, no tears
other version 1 - chorus: women’s SSAA chorus
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
Rossetti poem(s): "A Better Resurrection"
Composition history: "Commissioned by The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City." "I have been a big fan of the poetry of Christina Rossetti since I discovered her in college. Her words, to me, have an innate music to them, and it has been a relatively easy task to uncover that music and set it down on paper. I have often said that some poems are so complete in their composition that the addition of music would get in the way of the work the poem does itself. By contrast, many of Rossetti’s poems are filled with emptiness and longing. They cry out for vocalization, for connection, and it is my hope that my music can fill those holes without compromising the poet’s original intentions. | In “A Better Resurrection” I have taken what is basically an A-A-A structure and tried to vary the texture of each section so the sense of yearning grows throughout the piece, giving it a forward momentum. One key example of this thrust is the addition of the humming and “ah” sections. Note that the first thing we hear from the singers (m. 4) is a very closed sound, a “hmm” on a very tight interval, a major second. The next time we hear it (m. 40), as the singers have first asked for strength, the harmonies have begun to open up. As the music and text progress together, the harmonies get bigger and more open (m. 78), until finally at the end (m. 126), we have only the open fifth, the most vulnerable and open of harmonies, as the singers look heavenward for their own redemption. | Originally conceived as a piece for SSAA ensemble, I am happy now to present the SATB version. I wish especially to acknowledge the Reverend Jay Wegman, formerly of The Cathedral of St. John The Divine, and to thank him for his support of this piece and of my work in general." ("A Better Resurrection").
Tempo markings: dotted quarter note = 70-72
Performance history: "Premiered [at St. John the Divine, New York City] on June 17, 2002."
Recordings: "A Better Resurrection: for SSAA choir." Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Joel Fram, conductor, Kate Chapman, Jenni Frost, Laura Griffith, Suzanne Adams, Kate Chisholm, Bambi Jones, Leenya Rideout, Michelle Miller, vocals, Georgia Stitt, piano. Recorded at M&I Studios, New York City, 2002. SoundCloud, https://soundcloud.com/georgiastitt/a-better-resurrection-for-ssaa. Accessed 25 May 2022.
Other data reference(s): "A Better Resurrection." Georgia Stitt, https://georgiastitt.com/music-library/better-resurrection/. Accessed 25 May 2022. "A Better Resurrection." GIA Publications, Inc. https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/a-better-resurrection-print-ww1358. Accessed 25 May 2022.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "A Better Resurrection." GIA Publications, Inc. https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/a-better-resurrection-print-ww1358. Accessed 25 May 2022.
"Copyright © 2006 Walton Music Corporation | International Copyright secured | Made in U.S.A. | All rights reserved | www.waltonmusic.com"
"When I am dead, my dearest" [Robert Coningsby Clarke]
Clarke, Robert Coningsby; music (British, 1879-1934)
Other data reference(s): "When I am dead, my dearest. Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1253935995. Accessed 25 May 2022.
musical score: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
"What comes over the sea" [Henry Clough-Leighter]
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Oh what comes over the sea")
Place in the larger work: The fifth song of seven in a song cycle called "Seven Songs," which includes 1. "Love's Magnificat" (Arthur Symons): 2. "Roses for the Flush of Youth" (Christina Rossetti); 3. "The Secret" (F.L. Knowles); 4. "I tell you over and over" (Charles Hanson Towne); 5. "Oh what comes over the Sea" (Christina Rossetti); 6. "Requiescat" (Oscar Wilde); 7. "Ah, dear one" (Dante Gabriel Rossetti).
Clough-Leighter, Henry; music (American, 1874-1956)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4846
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): "Seven Songs." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/498079761. Accessed 26 May 2022.
Cataloguer: Warren Reid, University of Ottawa
"Roses for the Flush of Youth" [Henry Clough-Leighter]
First line of lyrics: Oh roses for the flush of youth
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Oh roses for the flush of youth")
Place in the larger work: The second song of seven in a song cycle called "Seven Songs," which includes 1. "Love's Magnificat" (Arthur Symons): 2. "Roses for the Flush of Youth" (Christina Rossetti); 3. "The Secret" (F.L. Knowles); 4. "I tell you over and over" (Charles Hanson Towne); 5. "Oh what comes over the Sea" (Christina Rossetti); 6. "Requiescat" (Oscar Wilde); 7. "Ah, dear one" (Dante Gabriel Rossetti).
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4726
Cataloguer: Megan McKague, University of Ottawa
"I Think My Love So Fair" [Laura Farnell]
First line of lyrics: It is not for her even brow and shining yellow hair
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("It is not for her even brow")
Notes about the text: In addition to setting Rossetti's poem, the composer also adapts lines from Robert Burns' poem "A Red, Red Rose."
Tempo markings: quarter note = c. 88-92; "legato with rubato"
Burns, Robert; music (Scottish, 1759-1796)
Other data reference(s): "I Think My Love So Fair." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/I-Think-My-Love-So-Fair/10053266.item#/. Accessed 26 May 2022.
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