"When I am dead, my dearest" [John Ireland]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [John Ireland]

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

Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)

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

1924 [composition]; 1928 [copyright]

London: Oxford University Press

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 2/4

other version 1 - solo: voice

other version 1 - instrumentation: string quartet

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one flat

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "At speaking pace"

Recordings: "When I am dead, my dearest." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Benjamin Luxon, baritone, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 2, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.

Dedication: "To A.G.M.: Cerne Abbas, June 1925"

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4763

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 and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-ireland

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

"Copyright in U.S.A. and all countries, 1928, by the Oxford University Press, London."

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