"When I am dead, my dearest" [Oscar Rasbach]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Oscar Rasbach]

First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Rasbach, Oscar; music (American, 1888-1975)

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

1941 [copyright] [publication]

New York: G. Schirmer

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: six flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Andante sostenuto"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages (pp. 3-7)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4780

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

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, University of Ottawa

musical score: Rasbach, Oscar. "When I am dead, my dearest." Five Songs for Voice and Piano, New York, G. Schirmer, 1941. California State University Stanislaus Library, Turlock.

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-rasbach

File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-rasbach-nopub.pdf

"Copyright, 1941, by G. Schirmer, Inc. International Copyright Secured"

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