First line of lyrics: Service and strength, God's Angels and Arch-Angels
genre: anthem|sacred music|choral music|song
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Rossetti poem(s): "St. Michael and All Angels"
Notes about the text: The song is a setting of stanzas 1, 3 and 4 only. The words "Glory to God" are added at the end of the anthem.
Tempo markings: "Poco animato"; half note = 126
Shaw, Martin [Edward Fallas]; music (English, 1875-1958)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4715
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): “Martin Shaw (Composer).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Oct. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shaw_(composer). Rossetti, Christina Georgina. “St. Michael and All Angels.” Poem: St. Michael and All Angels by Christina Georgina Rossetti, https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/st-michael-and-all-angels-1.
Cataloguer: Matthew Foti and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: University of Adelaide, Adelaide
"Copyright, 1950, by Novello & Company, Limited"
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"Flowers are closed, and lambs are sleeping" [R. R. Terry]
Rossetti poem(s): "'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
Place in the larger work: The second song of three in the song cycle called "Three Cradle Songs" which includes 1. "Sleep, Baby, sleep (Traditional); 2. "Flowers are closed, and lambs are sleeping" (Christina Rossetti.); 3. "Golden slumbers kiss your eyes" (T. Dekker).
Notes about the text: The word "oh" in the line is not always present in the song. In the song, lines 3 and 7, "Lullaby, oh lullaby" in the poem are omitted, but repeated elsewhere, with or without the word "oh".
Composition history: "By permission of Messrs. MACMILLAN & Co." The place and date of composition is noted at the end of the score, "Cologne, July 1905."
Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; quarter note = 144
Terry, Richard Runciman, Sir; music (English, 1864-1938)
Christina Georgina, Rossetti; text (English, 1830-1894)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4605
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Other data reference(s): Record for "Three Cradle Songs : For Unison Singing." WorldCat, https://worldcat.org/en/title/497163395. Accessed 14 Feb. 2023. de Livet, Christian Marc. ‘An Idealist Touched by Practicality’: The work and influence of Richard Runciman Terry (1864–1938). 2018. Christ Church University, PhD Dissertation. CCCU Research Space Repository, https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/8qq10/-an-idealist-touched-by-practicality-the-work-and-influence-of-richard-runciman-terry-1864-1938
Musical score: University of Birmingham, Birmingham
1905 July [composition]; 1924, 1925 [copyright]
"By permission of Messrs. MacMillan & Co."; "Copyright, 1925, by R.R. Terry."
First line of lyrics: Winter is cold-hearted
genre: choral music|song|children's music
Notes about the text: The song is a setting of stanzas 1, 2, and 4 only, omitting the third.
Performance instructions: For "Female Voices." Gooch and Thatcher also suggests for "boys' voices" and by extension for children.
Farrar, Ernest Bristow; music (English, 1885-1918)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4607
Cataloguer: Monica Cote Macson and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: The British Library, London
"Copyright in U.S.A. and all countries, 1927, by the Oxford University Press, London."
First line of lyrics: On the wind of January
Notes about the text: This song only includes the first stanza of the poem.
Composition history: Text "By permission of Robert Brothers, publishers."
Dedication: "To my little boy | DONALD | My critic, counselor and most | appreciative listener these songs are | lovingly inscribed by his | MOTHER."
Notes: Appears as the first song, under "The Months," in the composer's book "Nature Songs for Children" published by Milton Bradley Company, 1917.
Knowlton, Fanny Snow; music (American, 1859-1926)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4901
Musical score: Knowlton, Fanny Snow. Nature Songs for Children. Milton Bradley Company, 1917, pp. 6-7. HathiTrust, catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4385699.html. Accessed 15 Feb. 2023.
Springfield, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Francisco: Milton Bradley Company
"Copyrighted, 1898, by MILTON BRADLEY CO."
File(s): CRM-yearswindfalls-knowlton.pdf
First line of lyrics: Weep not for me when I am gone
Part of: "Three Songs for Soprano and Piano"
Place in the larger work: The second song of three in the song cycle called "Three Songs for Soprano and Piano" which includes 1. "The May Tree" (Alfred Noyes); 2. "Summer is Ended" (Christina Rossetti); 3. "Dream Pedlary" (Thomas Lowell Beddoes).
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the last stanza only.
Dedication: "dedicated to Elizabeth Benson-Guy"
Coulthard, Jean; music (Canadian, 1908-2000)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4811
Other data reference(s): Record for "Jean Coulthard." Music Library, Canadian Music Centre, collections.cmccanada.org/final/Portal/Composer-Showcase.aspx?component=AAIL&record=205e1e2a-5214-4388-b2b5-55ee4446c131. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023.
Musical score: Canadian Music Centre, Toronto
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: Record for "Jean Coulthard." Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, https://collections.cmccanada.org/final/Portal/Composer-Showcase.aspx?component=AAIL&record=205e1e2a-5214-4388-b2b5-55ee4446c131
1962, November [composition]; 1972 [copyright]
"Beloved, Let Us Love" [Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhevnikova)]
First line of lyrics: "Beloved, let us love one another," says St. John
Rossetti poem(s): "'Beloved, let us love one another,' says St. John"
Notes about the text: In the setting, the line "Beloved let us love" has been added between the third and fourth lines of the first stanza in the poem, twice after the second stanza, and again three more times after the third and final stanza.
Tempo markings: "Maestoso"; quarter note = 65
Performance history: "The musical setting was premiered on October 24, 2020 by Celebris Ensemble (Kalamazoo, Michigan) under the direction of Joel Snyder." "Beloved, Let Us Love (for SATB and piano)." YouTube, uploaded by Jane Kozhevnikova, 2 Nov. 2020, https://youtu.be/eLjAp23qLys.
Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhevnikova); music (American, a.k.a. Jane Scoring, born Evegeniya Kozhevnikova)
Cataloguer: Elizabeth Whicher, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Beloved, Let Us Love." J.W. Pepper, www.jwpepper.com/Beloved%2C-Let-Us-Love/11323746.item#/submit. Accessed 9 Sep. 2021.
2020 [composition] [publication] [copyright]
"Copyright © 2020 by Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhevnikova). All Rights Reserved. Duplication prohibited."
6 pages; performance time ca. 2 minutes and 30 seconds
"Remember" [Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhevnikova)]
First line of lyrics: Remember, remember, remember
Performance history: "Premiered on June 1, 2019 by Celebris Ensemble (Kalamazoo, Michigan) under the direction of Joel Snyder." Performed on 5 March 2020 at the 2020 Tutti Festival (as finalist), Denison University, Ohio, in Sharon Martin Hall, Eisner Center for the Performing Arts, by The Denison Chamber Singers, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, with special guest Daniel Bernard Roumain, violin. "Remember." YouTube, uploaded by Evgeniya Kozhevnikova, 6 Sep. 2020, https://youtu.be/9_DJ0gM0qjE
Cataloguer: Genevieve Benson, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Remember" J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Remember/11192522.item. Accessed 7 March 2021.
"Copyright © 2019 JK UNITED LLC. Made in U. S. A. All rights reserved. Duplication prohibited."
8 pages; performance time ca. 3 minutes and 30 seconds
"A Birthday" [Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhevnikova)]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Tempo markings: dotted quarter note = 80
Performance history: "A Birthday" had its world premiere on September 27, 2019, 7 p.m., at the Bethany Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, in a Celebris Concert Program, called "“Exaltation & Resolution,” performed by the Celebris Ensemble under the direction of Joel Snyder, and then again on September 29, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Allegan, MI. (Snyder)
Recordings: "A Birthday." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/A-Birthday/11192555.item#/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.
Other data reference(s): Snyder, Joel. “Celebris Concert Program Sept 27 & 29, 2019.” Solfa Sounds, posted 18 Sep. 2019, solfasounds.wordpress.com/2019/09/18/celebris-concert-program-sept-27-29-2019/.
Cataloguer: Lauren Lozier, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "A Birthday." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/A-Birthday/11192555.item#/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.
2019 [composition][copyright][publication]
"Copyright © 2019. JK UNITED LLC. [...] All rights reserved. Duplication prohibited."
12 pages; performance time ca. 2 minutes and 45 seconds
First line of lyrics: The irresponsive silence of the land
Part of: "Five Victorian Songs" and "Four Victorian Songs"
instrumentation: flute|clarinet|viola|cello
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Place in the larger work: The first song of five in the song cycle called "5 Victorian Songs" which includes 1. "Aloof" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "Cadmus and Harmonia" (Matthew Arnold); 3. "Spring and Fall: to a young child" (Gerald Manley Hopkins); 4. "Invictus" (William Ernest Henley); 5. "Sonnet from the Portuguese" (Elizabeth Barrett Browning). The first song of four songs in the song cycle called "4 Victorian Songs" which includes 1. "Aloof" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "Cadmus and Harmonia" (Matthew Arnold); 3. "Invictus" (William Ernest Henley); 4. "Sonnet from the Portuguese" (Elizabeth Barrett Browning).
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the first stanza only.
Composition history: Commissioned by "Capitol Chamber Artists, with a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts". In the program notes, Heidi Von Gunden, The Music of Vivian Fine, Scarecrow Press, 1999, it states : "In 1991 she scored the collection as Four Victorian Songs for piano and voice, thinning the canonic textures and omitting one of the poems" ("Five Victorian Songs," Vivian Fine).
Tempo markings: "Five Victorian Songs": "Moderato"; quarter note = 60. "Four Victorian Songs": quarter note = 60
Performance instructions: In "Four Victorian Songs": "Somberly"
Performance history: Debut performance of "Five Victorian Songs" was held on March 4, 1988 at Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont, with Janet Stasio, soprano, Mary Lou Saetta, violin and viola, Irvin Gilman, flute, Charles Stancampiano, clarinet, Ann Alton, cello. ("Five Victorian Songs," Vivian Fine)
Recordings: Five Victorian Songs. Performance by The Capitol Chamber Artists: Janet Stasio, soprano, Mary Lou Saetta, violin and viola, Irvin Gilman, flute, Charles Stancampiano, clarinet, Ann Alton, cello. Vivian Fine Vivian Fine Estate, IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/191210.
Notes: Manuscripts. "[4 Victorian Songs] is a rescoring of Five Victorian Songs (1988) with one song omitted" ("4 Victorian Songs (Fine, Vivian).").
Fine, Vivian; music (American, 1913-2000)
Reference: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/
Other data reference(s): "Five Victorian Songs." Vivian Fine, www.vivianfine.org/main/compositions/five-victorian-songs.htm. Accessed 21 Oct. 2019. "5 Victorian Songs (Fine, Vivian)." imslp.org/wiki/5_Victorian_Songs_(Fine%2C_Vivian). Accessed 11 Oct. 2019. "4 Victorian Songs (Fine, Vivian)." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, imslp.org/wiki/4_Victorian_Songs_(Fine%2C_Vivian). Accessed 11 Oct. 2019.
Cataloguer: Anna Lewis and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: Five Victorian Songs (Fine, Vivian), IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/191208. Accessed 11 Oct. 2019.
Musical score: Four Victorian Songs (Fine, Vivian), IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/191215. Accessed 11 Oct. 2019.
Sound recording: "Aloof." Five Victorian Songs (Fine, Vivian), IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/191210, Accessed 28 Feb. 2023.
1988 [composition] [copyright]; 1991 November [composition]
"© 1988 Vivian Fine" (Five Victorian Songs)" 5 Victorian Songs (Fine, Vivian), https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Victorian_Songs_(Fine,_Vivian)#IMSLP191210 and 4 Victorian Songs (Fine, Vivian), https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Victorian_Songs_(Fine,_Vivian)#IMSLP191215, by Vivian Fine is licensed under IMSLP: Performance Restricted Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 1.0, https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Performance_Restricted_Attribution_Non-commercial_No_Derivatives_1.0, based on the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license, https://imslp.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_Attribution_Non-commercial_No_Derivatives_3.0, but with the added restriction of no performance allowed. Audio recording: Aloof, https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Victorian_Songs_(Fine,_Vivian)#IMSLP191210, by Vivian Fine, performed by the Capitol Chamber Artists, Janet Stasio, soprano, Mary Lou Saetta, violin and viola, Irvin Gilman, flute, Charles Stancampiano, clarinet, Ann Alton, cello, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0, https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_Attribution_Non-commercial_No_Derivatives_3.0.
8 pages (pp. 1-8); complete song cycle performance time 16 minutes and 45 seconds of "Five Victorian Songs". 4 pages (pp. 1-4); complete song cycle performance time 10 minutes of "4 Victorian Songs"
performance time 3 minutes and 10 seconds from the song cycle "Five Victorian Songs"
File(s): CRM-threadoflife-fine-1.pdf; CRM-threadoflife-fine-1.mp3; CRM-threadoflife-fine-2.pdf
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Oh roses for the flush of youth")
Oldroyd, George; music (British, 1887-1956)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4730
Other data reference(s): Record for "Soliloquy. Song, words by C. Ros[s]etti." The British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004561484. Accessed 1 March 2023.
Cataloguer: Megan McKague and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
"The First Spring Day" [Harold Chappell]
First line of lyrics: I wonder if the sap is stirring yet
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one flat
Rossetti poem(s): "The First Spring Day"
Notes: "in A [flat]". Also available "in F".
Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson, University of Ottawa
"Copyright MCMXII by Reeder & Walsh. 'International copyright secured.' | This song may be sung in public without fee or licence, but public performance by gramophone or other mechanical reproductions are not permitted. | The Public performance of any parodied version of this song is strictly prohibited."
File(s): CRM-firstspringday-chappell.pdf
First line of lyrics: Where are the songs I used to know
Rossetti poem(s): "The Key-Note"|"'What good shall my life do me?'" ("No hope in life; yet there is hope")|"Another Spring"
Work contains multiple Christina Rossetti texts
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of fragments of three poems. In order, the lyrics include the three first lines of poem "The Key-Note", the last 2 stanzas (17-18) (ll. 49-54) of poem "'What good shall my life do me?'" ("No hope in life; yet there is hope"), where"that others" was added in line 53 of the poem: "Behold your lives [that others] may kindle too;" and the last 5 lines [ll. 20-24] of the poem "Another Spring", where the word "Spring" was replaced by "day."
Composition history: "Commissioned by the Hamilton Music School in 1991 with funding from Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council (now Creative New Zealand) and the Composers Foundation (APRA)" The work "was intended for the entire school to perform: choir, orchestra and symphonic band members. The scoring has some degree of flexibility as I could not be sure in advance who I was writing for. A planned performance of the work at the Bay of Plenty Music School in early 2008, prompted a revision of the work (and the opportunity to put it onto computer). An additional stanza was also added to the second text." ("Rossetti Fragments")
Tempo markings: quarter note = "138 With a strong rhythmic pulse"
Performance instructions: "The piece divides into three sections following the divisions of the text, and begins with an introductory section for the orchestra. The music of the opening choral section returns in a slightly modified form as the final section." ("Rossetti Fragments")
Performance history: Premiered on 25 August 1991 by participants at the Hamilton Music School. The revised version was performed on 27 Apr 2008, Bay of Plenty (BOP) Music School Final Concert. ("Rossetti Fragments")
Hamilton, David; music (New Zealand, born 1955)
Other data reference(s): "Rossetti Fragments." Sounz: Centre for New Zealand Music, https://sounz.org.nz/works/18523?locale=en. Accessed 7 March 2023.
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
1991 [composition]; 2008 [revised version]
"Copyright © David Hamilton 2008." All rights reserved. The score appears in this archive by kind permission of composer David Hamilton.
25 pages; performance time 7 minutes and 15 seconds
"Sing No Sad Songs" [Anthony Bernarducci]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Notes about the text: In the lyrics, the word "if" has been removed from line 12 in the poem.
Tempo markings: quarter note = "92-95 Flowing with Rubato"
Recordings: "Sing No Sad Songs." J.W. Pepper, www.jwpepper.com/Sing-No-Sad-Songs/10678455.item#/submit. Accessed 7 March 2023.
Dedication: "Dedicated to Catalina Foothills Concert Chorale"
Rossetti, Christina Georgina (English, 1830-1894)
Cataloguer: Monica Cote Macson, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Sing No Sad Songs." J.W. Pepper, www.jwpepper.com/Sing-No-Sad-Songs/10678455.item#/submit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2021.
"Copyright © 2011 by Anthony Bernarducci. All rights reserved."
5 pages; performance time approx. 3 minutes
First line of lyrics: When I am dead my dearest
Cornelissen, Arnold; music (American, born in Netherlands)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4193
Cataloguer: Manoshi Kanta Sarkar, University of Ottawa
Musical score: Seattle Public Library, Seattle
"Copyright 1934 by Elkan-Vogel Co.,Inc. | International Copyright Secured"
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-cornelissen.pdf
First line of lyrics: Service and strength, God's Angels and Archangels
genre: song|choral music|hymn|sacred music
chorus: congregational singing|mixed chorus
Performance instructions: "Verse 2, line 2 must be sung thus:--"
Notes: Published in Songs of Praise. Enlarged ed. by Dearmer, Percy, et al., University Press, 1931, in a section called "Michaelmas."
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4713
Musical score: Dearmer, Percy, et al. Songs of Praise. Enlarged ed., University Press, 1931, p. 288, no. 240. Huron College Library, Western University, London.
London: Oxford University Press (Humphrey Milford)
"(Copyright, 1931, by Oxford University Press.)"
"Prairie Boy, Prairie Boy" [Morris Surdin]
First line of lyrics: Oo-ee Oo-ee Prairie boy, prairie boy
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
Notes about the text: The lyrics contain lines 5 and 6 of the poem by Rossetti in the words by W. O. Mitchell.
Performance history: Performed by Brooke Mitchell, with Rachel Andrist, piano, at the The Royal Conservatory’s Mazzoleni Hall, Toronto. "Prairie Boy by Morris Surdin | Brooke Mitchell." YouTube, uploaded by Brooke Mitchell, 14 July 2019, https://youtu.be/-oK6L1lrjPY.
Surdin, Morris; music (Canadian, 1914-1979)
Mitchell, W. O. [William Ormond]; text (Canadian, 1914-1998)
Rossetti, Christina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa
"© 1965 by Boosey & Co. Ltd. | All rights reserved"
"Who Has Seen the Wind?" [Donato D. Fornuto]
Place in the larger work: The third song of five in a song cycle called "Christina's Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Birthday Song"; 2. "Seasons"; 3. "Who Has Seen the Wind?"; 4. "May"; 5. "Sing No Sad Songs for Me".
Tempo markings: "Agitato"; quarter note = 132-138
Performance instructions: For "lyric soprano, contralto;" "coloratura soprano (also published for soprano with a few altered phrases) and piano." (Carman, 926)
Notes: Carman, Gaeddert, Resch and Myers (926) describe the voice and piano for the cycle as follows: "Voice: high tessitura; many different melodic motives; many phrases above the staff; much wordless coloratura; singer leaves stage slowly while singing 'oo' and 'ah' in last song; final phrases sung offstage; ends on D6". Piano: almost constant motion, usually in 8ths; many accidentals; broken-chord patterns; rolled chords; arpeggiation; fast tempos."
Fornuto, Donato D.; music (American, 1931-2022)
Other data reference(s): Carman, Judith. "Music Reviews: Fornuto, Donato D. (1931--). 'Christina's Songs.'" Journal of Singing - The Official Journal of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Jacksonville, vol. 56, no. 4, Mar 2000, p. 69. ProQuest, www.proquest.com/openview/ffa96d6a50da567c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=971. Accessed 13 Mar. 2023. Carman, Judith E. et al. Art Song in the United States, 1759-1999: An Annotated Bibliography. Scarecrow Press, 2013, no. 926, pp. 141-2. Google Books, books.google.ca/books?id=a2j062ZhTAcC&lpg=PA421&ots=hvj8lyhlzV&dq=filpat%20publishing&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q=Christina's%20Songs&f=false. Accessed 9 Apr. 2018.
Cataloguer: Jacob Spence and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
"Sing No Sad Songs for Me" [Donato D. Fornuto]
Place in the larger work: The fifth song of five in a song cycle called "Christina's Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Birthday Song"; 2. "Seasons"; 3. "Who Has Seen the Wind?"; 4. "May"; 5. "Sing No Sad Songs for Me".
Tempo markings: "Slowly and Freely"; quarter note = 63-69
Place in the larger work: The fourth song of five in a song cycle called "Christina's Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Birthday Song"; 2. "Seasons"; 3. "Who Has Seen the Wind?"; 4. "May"; 5. "Sing No Sad Songs for Me".
Tempo markings: "Freely"; quarter note = 60 ca.
Place in the larger work: The second song of five in a song cycle called "Christina's Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Birthday Song"; 2. "Seasons"; 3. "Who Has Seen the Wind?"; 4. "May"; 5. "Sing No Sad Songs for Me".
Tempo markings: "Flowing"; quarter note = 120
Place in the larger work: The first song of five in a song cycle called "Christina's Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Birthday Song"; 2. "Seasons"; 3. "Who Has Seen the Wind?"; 4. "May"; 5. "Sing No Sad Songs for Me".
Tempo markings: ''Brightly [sung]"; quarter note = 120
First line of lyrics: It's a year almost that I have not seen her
other version 2 - instrumentation: piano
Notes about the text: In the lyrics, the words "well nigh" replace the word "surely" at the beginning of line 4 of the poem.
Performance history: Performed on 19 April 1907 at Chickering Hall, Boston, by Whilhelm Heinrich, tenor, accompanied by the composer at the piano. (Hale, p. 14)
Notes: For high voice in F; also available in medium voice in D and low voice in C. Except of the actual score, the first word of the title is spelled "Oh" instead of "O".
Whelpley, Benjamin; music (American, 1864-1946)
In reference to the published works below: IMSLP, "List of works by Benjamin Whelpley."
Other data reference(s): Hale, Philip. Dramatic and musical criticisms, p. 14, news clipping, 20 Apr. 1907 (scrapbook). Internet Archives, archive.org/details/dramaticmusicalc1907hale/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater. Accessed 14 Mar. 2023.
Cataloguer: Samuel Hacker and Roxanne Lafleur, Western University
Musical Score: IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana, https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inharmony/detail.do?action=detail&fullItemID=/lilly/starr/LL-SSM-ALC8239. Accessed 14 Mar. 2023. Lilly Library, Indiana University.
"Copyright, 1906, G. Schirmer, Jr., | For all countries."
"Bitter for Sweet" [R. Huntington Woodman]
First line of lyrics: Summer is gone with all its roses
Woodman, R. Huntington [Raymond Huntington]; music (American, 1861-1943)
Cataloguer: Melissa Poon, University of Ottawa
Musical score: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, https://imslp.org/wiki/Bitter_for_Sweet_(Woodman%2C_Raymond_Huntington). Accessed 1 Dec. 2018.
New York, London: G. Schirmer; Boston: The Boston Music Co.
First line of lyrics: I was a cottage maiden
Notes about the text: In this setting, the word "So" in line 15 and the complete lines 19 and 20 of the poem are omitted. The song ends with the additional phrase "So now I moan!."
Composition history: Composed in Berlin on 7 Jan. 2016.
Bachlund, Gary; music (American, born 1947)
Cataloguer: Melissa Poon and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, imslp.org/wiki/Cousin_Kate_(Bachlund%2C_Gary). Accessed 1 Dec. 2018.
"Copyright © 2016 Gary Bachlund All international rights reserved. www.bachlund.org." Cousin Kate (Bachlund, Gary), imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/407439, by Gary Bachlund is licensed under IMSLP:Performance Restricted Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0, imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Performance_Restricted_Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs_3.0, based on the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license, imslp.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_Attribution_Non-commercial_No_Derivatives_3.0, but with the added restriction of no performance allowed.
7 pages; performance time approximately 5 minutes and 45 seconds
Place in the larger work: The sixth song of six in a song cycle called "The ages of love" which includes 1."Chaste love" (George Gordon, Lord Byron); 2. "Love's white heat" (Edna St. Vincent Millay); 3. "Disdainful, fickle love" (Edna St. Vincent Millay); 5. "An older love" (Edna St. Vincent Millay); 6. "Love's echo" (Christina Rossetti).
Performance history: "First performance: Queens College, CUNY [City University of New York], March 1974." ("Vocal Music")
Zaimont, Judith Lang; music (American, born 1945)
Other data reference(s): "Vocal Music." Judith Lang Zaimont, https://www.judithzaimont.com/vocal-music-complete.html. Accessed 14 Mar. 2023.
Cataloguer: Diana Bishara and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
complete song cycle performance time 12 minutes and 30 seconds.