"Song (When I am dead, my dearest)" [Sibyl]

"Song (When I am dead, my dearest)" [Sibyl]

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

Sibyl; music (British, pseudonym, active 1870)

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

1870 [publication]

London: A. Weekes & Co. Ltd.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Andantino"

Dedication: "To Marie Spartali"

Notes: This setting is from a song collection called "Two Songs," which also includes a setting of "Uphill." Ives notes that the collection was "Reviewed in the Musical World (30 July 1870)" (DM14).

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM14; Gooch and Thatcher 4787

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

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

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-sibyl

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

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