"When I am dead" [G. W. Chadwick]

"When I am dead" [G. W. Chadwick]

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

Chadwick, G.W. [George Whitefield]; music (American, 1854-1931)

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

1910 [copyright]

Boston, Leipzig, New York: Arthur P. Schmidt

genre: song

solo: mezzo-soprano|baritone

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - solo: soprano|tenor

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: six flats

origin: United States

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "molto sostenuto e calmato"

Performance instructions: There are two versions of the solo: for mezzo-soprano or baritone and for soprano or tenor.

Dedication: "To I. M. C." [Ida May Chadwick]

Notes: Rossetti's song is part of a collection called "5 Songs with Pianoforte Accompaniment" by G. W. Chadwick; each song is sold individually. Listed in order: "When stars are in the quiet skies" (Edward Bulwer-Lytton), "Love's Image" ("Sunday Up the River" by James Thomson); "Gifts" (James Thomson); "When I am dead" (Christina Rossetti); "O love stay by and sing" (Thomas Russell Sullivan).

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4746

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): Geijtenbeek, Sebastiaan. George Whitefield Chadwick: List of Works. http://numerical.recipes/contrib/ChadwickListOfWorks.pdf. Accessed 31 Oct. 2018.

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, University of Ottawa

musical score for mezzo-soprano or baritone: New England Conservatory of Music Library, Boston

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-chadwick

File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-chadwick-msb.pdf

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