"Song One" [Joe St.Johanser]

"Song One" [Joe St.Johanser]

First line of lyrics: She sat and sang alway

Part of: "3 Sad Songs of Christina Rossetti"

St.Johanser, Joe; music (British, born 1941)

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

2007 [publication]

Woking: Robosoft Music

genre: art song (lied)|song cycle|song

solo: soprano

instrumentation: cello|piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("She sat and sang alway")

Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle called "3 Sad Songs of Christina Rossetti," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Song (She sat and sang alway)"; 2. "Song (Two doves upon the selfsame branch)"; 3. "Song (When I am dead, my dearest)."

Tempo markings: quarter note = 60

Performance history: A performance featuring Anita Kazem (soprano), Jonathan Hennessy-Brown (cello), and Sheila Blow (piano) was published by the composer on January 3, 2017 on YouTube. View it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHQgrjqmi4Y&index=4&list=PLBxkpLYEuA5N2vMPHgB3emEcq2TIj6-UI.

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa

musical score: score provided compliments of composer Joe St.Johanser.composer Joe St.Johanser

Record: CRM-songshesat-stjohanser

File(s): CRM-songshesat-stjohanser.pdf

"Copyright © Robosoft Music 2007. All rights reserved." The score appears on this website by kind permission of the composer, Joe. St.Johanser.

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