"When I Am Dead My Dearest" [Helen Pyke]

"When I Am Dead My Dearest" [Helen Pyke]

First line of lyrics: When I am dead my dearest

Pyke, Helen [Lucas]; music (English, 1905-1954)

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

1948 [publication]

London: Elkin & Co. Ltd

genre: requiem

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Andante espressivo"

Dedication: "For Elizabeth Darbishire"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages (pp. 3-6)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4778

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

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

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, University of Ottawa

musical score: Extramural Library, University of Birmingham, Birmingham.

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-pyke

File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-pyke.pdf

"Copyright MCMXLVIII by Elkin & Co. Ltd."

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