"When I am dead" [S.M. Downs]

"When I am dead" [S.M. Downs]

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

Downs, S.M. [Samuel]; music

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

1874 [publication]

Boston: G.D. Russell & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Andante sostenuto"

Dedication: "To Mrs. J.M. Osgood"

Notes: "Reviewed twice in Old and New, with different titles: "When I am dead" (June 1873: 758) and "Request" (July 1874: 143), the latter review including CGR's poem to demonstrate that the sad melody 'befits the words'" (Ives DM27).

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM27

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

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, University of Ottawa

musical score: Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1873.03898/. Accessed 22 May 2019.

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-downs

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

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