"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Beroald Innes]

"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Beroald Innes]

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

Innes, Beroald; music (English)

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

1895 [publication]

London: Novello; New York: Ewer & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

male composer

English

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

Composition history: Permission to set the poem was provided by Messrs. Macmillan & Co.

Tempo markings: "Moderato."

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4762; Ives DM137

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

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

Cataloguer: Van A. Mantha-Ware, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-innes

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

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