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

"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

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)

1938 [publication]

Llangollen: Gwynn Publishing Co.

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

English|Welsh

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

Tempo markings: "Andante sostenuto"

Format 1: musical score

Contains tonic sol-fa notation

4 pages

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

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-edwards

"Copyright 1938 by The Gwynn Publishing Co."

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