"Uphill" [Charles Ewing]

"Uphill" [Charles Ewing]

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

Ewing, Charles; music

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

1867 [publication]

London: Augener & Co.

genre: song|parlour song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Up-Hill"

Notes about the text: In the last two lines, the mention of "beds" is removed, and the lines become "Will there be room for me and all who seek? / Yes room for all who come."

Tempo markings: "Lento"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM5

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

Other data reference(s): Record for "Uphill." Cambridge Libraries Collections, University of Cambridge, https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44CAM_ALMA21354371230003606&context=L&vid=44CAM_PROD&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US. Accessed 27 Feb. 2018.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge

Record: CRM-uphill-ewing

File(s): CRM-uphill-ewing.pdf

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