"Up-hill" [Michael Bertram]

"Up-hill" [Michael Bertram]

First line of lyrics: Does the road wind up-hill all the way?

Part of: "The Green Castle"

Bertram, Michael; music (Australian, born 1935)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

1994 [publication]

Sydney: Australian Music Centre

genre: song|song cycle

solo: soprano

instrumentation: piano|string quartet|viola|violin|cello

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 12/4

origin: Australia

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Up-Hill"

Place in the larger work: The fourth song of five in the song cycle called "The Green Castle" which includes 1. "Not to sleep" (Robert Graves); 2. "Justus quidem tu es" (Gerard Manley Hopkins); 3. "Silence of the night" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "Up-hill" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "The green castle" (Robert Graves).

Notes about the text: The first line "Does the road wind up-hill all the way?" is repeated at the end of the song.

Tempo markings: quarter note = 132

Performance instructions: String quartet comprised of two violins, a viola, and a cello. "Note: Accidentals apply only to those notes before which they are placed. However some courtesy naturals have been scored."

Format 1: musical score

3 pages (pp. 18-20)

Other data reference(s): "Michael Bertram: Associate Artist." Australian Music Centre, December 2016, https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/bertram-michael. Accessed 27 Feb. 2018.
Record for "The Green Castle". National Library of Australia catalogue, https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2873598. Accessed 27 Feb. 2018.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: National Library of Australia, Parkes, Australia

Record: CRM-uphill-bertram

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