"Up-hill" [Jeanne E. Shaffer]

"Up-hill" [Jeanne E. Shaffer]

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

Part of: "Christina Rossetti, My Mother and Me"

Shaffer, Jeanne E.; music (American, 1925-2007)

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

1997 [publication] [copyright]

Washington, D.C.: Sisra Publications

genre: song cycle|song

solo: baritone|mezzo-soprano

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Up-Hill"

Place in the larger work: The first song of five in the song cycle called "Christina Rossetti, My Mother and Me," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Uphill"; 2. "Sleeping At Last"; 3. "Song"; 4. "Remember"; 5. "Another Spring".

Tempo markings: "Maestoso"; quarter note = 58

Performance instructions: This solo is for mezzo-soprano or baritone.

Dedication: "In Memory of Mother"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages (pp. 1-4); complete song cycle performance time 13 minutes

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Toronto Music Library, Toronto

Opus: 207, number 1

Record: CRM-uphill-shaffer

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