"Sing No Sad Songs" [Gerald Kechley]

"Sing No Sad Songs" [Gerald Kechley]

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

Kechley, Gerald; music (American, born 1919)

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

1949 [composition]; 1969 [publication] [copyright]

New York: Galaxy Music Corporation

genre: song|choral music

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Slowly and expressively"; quarter note = 72

Performance history: 1989, 7 January, Meany Theater, Seattle, "Retrospective concert of the music of Gerald Kechley" performance by Pacific Northwest Chamber Chorus, Joan Catoni Conlon, director.

Dedication: "To Helen Hall"

Notes: Another setting by Kechley of the same poem is in a song cycle called "Three Rossetti Poems" for solo soprano and two flutes (Gooch and Thatcher 4765).

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4764

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

Other data reference(s): Program Notes for "In Memoriam: Scott Larkin Jones" concert. University of Washington School of Music, 29 May 1989. ResearchWorks Archives, University of Washington, https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/30376. Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.

Cataloguer: Claudia Laugalys, University of Ottawa

musical score: Morisset Library, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Sing No Sad Songs." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sing-no-sad-songs-sheet-music/675545. Accessed 6 Aug 2020.

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-kechley-1

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