"When I am dead, my dearest" [Ralph Greaves]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Ralph Greaves]

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

Greaves, Ralph; music (English, 1879-1962)

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

1946 [copyright]

London: Oxford University Press

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: "Lento e tranquillo"

Dedication: "To L.D.G."

Format 1: musical score

4 pages (pp. 1-4)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4758

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

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, University of Ottawa

musical score: Royal Academy of Music Library, London

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-greaves

"Copyright in U.S.A. and all countries, 1946, by the Oxford University Press, London"

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