"A birthday" [Arthur Whiting]

"A birthday" [Arthur Whiting]

First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird

Part of: "Three Songs for Soprano with Pianoforte"

Whiting, Arthur; music (American, 1861-1936)

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

1904 [copyright] [publication]

New York: G. Schirmer, Inc.

genre: song

solo: soprano

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Place in the larger work: The third song of three in the song cycle called "Three Songs," settings of Rossetti poems, which includes 1. "When I am dead, my Dearest"; 2. "The Sunrise wakes the Lark to sing"; 3. "A Birthday."

Tempo markings: "Molto vivace"

Format 1: musical score

7 pages (pp. 8-14)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4232

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

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

Opus: 18, number 3

Record: CRM-birthday-whiting

File(s): CRM-birthday-whiting.pdf

"Copyright, 1904, by G. Schirmer"

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