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"When I am dead" / "Pan Fwyf Mewn Bedd" [Oliver Henry Edwards]

Title

"When I am dead" / "Pan Fwyf Mewn Bedd" [Oliver Henry Edwards]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest / Pan fwyf mewn bedd

Creator

Edwards, Oliver Henry; music (American, 1902-1979)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Cynan; translated text (Welsh, a.k.a. Albert Evans-Jones, 1895-1970)

Date

1938 [publication]

Publisher

Llangollen: Gwynn Publishing Co.

Subject

genre: song
chorus: men's TTBB chorus
instrumentation: piano (for rehearsal only)|a cappella
initial sharps/flats: four flats
initial time signature: 3/4
male composer

Language

English|Welsh

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Tempo markings: "Andante sostenuto"

Format

Format 1: musical score
Contains tonic sol-fa notation
4 pages

Source

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4754
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Cataloguer: Claudia Laugalys, University of Ottawa
musical score: The British Library, London

Identifier

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-edwards

Rights

"Copyright 1938 by The Gwynn Publishing Co."
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Citation

Edwards, Oliver Henry; music (American, 1902-1979), Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), and Cynan; translated text (Welsh, a.k.a. Albert Evans-Jones, 1895-1970), “"When I am dead" / "Pan Fwyf Mewn Bedd" [Oliver Henry Edwards],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/1934.