"When I am dead, my dearest" [Alan Bullard]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Alan Bullard]

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

Bullard, Alan; music (English, born 1947)

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

1967 [composition] [publication]; 1996 [publication] [copyright]; 2009 [publication for high or low voice] [copyright]

Colchester: Colne Edition; Laggan Bridge: Spartan Press Music Publishers Limited

genre: song

solo: high voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - solo: low voice

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp

other version 2 - solo: voice

other version 2 - instrumentation: piano

other version 2 - initial sharps/flats: three sharps

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Notes about the text: "C sharp to E;" "The vocal ranges give the lowest note first" (1996)

Tempo markings: "Andante" (1996). "Antdante"; quarter note = c. 66 (2009)

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

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

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, Claudia Laugalys and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score (1996): Bullard, Alan. "When I am dead, my dearest." Ten Songs for voice and piano. Colchester: Colne Edition, 1996, pp. 34-35. Alan Bullard.

Musical score (2009): University of North Texas Music Library, Denton

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-bullard

"© 1996 Allan Bullard;" "New edition © Allan Bullard 1967, 2009"

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