"When I am dead my dearest" [Joel Weiss]

"When I am dead my dearest" [Joel Weiss]

First line of lyrics: When I am dead my dearest

Weiss, Joel; music (American, born 1970)

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

2001 [composition]

genre: song|art song (lied)

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")

Composition history: Composer Joel Weiss noted that his setting "was written for a 9/11 memorial concert" (private correspondence 22 Jan 2017).

Tempo markings: "Andante"

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Other data reference(s): Weiss, Joel. "Re: Joel Weiss, composer." Received by Mary Arseneau. 22 Jan. 2017.

Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa

musical score: score provided compliments of composer Joel Weiss.

Record: CRM-wheniamdead-weiss

File(s): CRM-wheniamdead-weiss.pdf

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