Christina Rossetti In Music

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"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [M. Oakley]

Title

"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [M. Oakley]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Creator

Oakley, M.; music (English)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1897 [copyright]

Publisher

London: Office of "The Organist"

Subject

genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: three flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Composition history: Rossetti's words are set "By kind permission of Messers: Macmillan"
Tempo markings: "Andante."

Format

Format 1: musical score
3 pages

Source

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM155
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Cataloguer: Van A. Mantha-Ware, University of Ottawa
musical score: The British Library, London

Identifier

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-oakley
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-oakley.pdf

Rights

"Copyright: M. Oakley 1897"
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Files

Collection

Citation

Oakley, M.; music (English) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [M. Oakley],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed September 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/1951.