"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Philip Harker]

"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Philip Harker]

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

Harker, Philip; music (English)

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

1897 [publication]

London: Phillips & Page

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Andante sostenuto"

Dedication: "Dedicated to and sung by Miss Kate Savile Hughes"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM152

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

Cataloguer: Van A. Mantha-Ware, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-harker

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

"Copyright U.S.A. 1897 by Phillips and Page."

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