"When I am Dead, my Dearest" [Liza Lehmann]

"When I am Dead, my Dearest" [Liza Lehmann]

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

Lehmann, Liza; music (English, 1862-1918)

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

1919 [copyright]; 1999 [redistribution]

London: Thames Pub.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: four flats

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Slowly"

Performance instructions: The piano is to be played "As smoothly as possible."

Recordings: Wilkinson, Jane. "When I am Dead My Dearest by Liz Lehmann." Performance by Jane Wilkinson, soprano and Anne Marshall, piano. YouTube, uploaded 28 Feb. 2017, https://youtu.be/3jWJw_7lJn8.

Format 1: musical score

4 pages (pp. 34-37)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4769

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: Van A. Mantha-Ware, University of Ottawa

musical score: Lehmann, Lisa, "When I am dead, my dearest." 14 Songs for Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano and Piano, Thames Publications, 1999, pp. 34-37. University of British Columbia Library, Vancouver.

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-lehmann

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

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