"Song" [David Hamilton]

"Song" [David Hamilton]

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

Part of: "Time Pieces"

Hamilton, David; music (New Zealand, born 1955)

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

2004 [copyright]

genre: song|song cycle

chorus: men's TTBB chorus

instrumentation: piano (for rehearsal only)|a cappella

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: New Zealand

male composer

English

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

Place in the larger work: The second song in a song cycle called "Time Pieces," which includes 1. "Old man know-all" (Traditional); 2. "Song" (Christina Rossetti); 3. "The judgement flood" (Anonymous).

Tempo markings: "(broadly and gently)"; quarter note = 60

Format 1: musical score

3 pages (pp. 10-12); performance time 2 minutes and 40 seconds

Cataloguer: Claudia Laugalys, University of Ottawa

musical score: score provided compliments of the composer

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-hamilton

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

© David Hamilton 2004. All rights reserved. The score appears in this archive by kind permission of the copyright holder, composer David Hamilton.

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