"When I am dead, my dearest" [Frederic Augustus Packer]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Frederic Augustus Packer]

First line of lyrics: When I am dead my dearest

Packer, Frederic Augustus; music (English, 1839-1902)

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

1888 [publication] [copyright]

Hobart: J. Walch & Sons; Launceston: Walch Bros. & Birchall

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Notes about the text: The score mistakenly attributes the lyrics to the composer, Frederic Packer, instead of Christina Rossetti. There are a few minor changes to Rossetti's lyrics: in the fifth line, "green grass" is changed to "green earth"; the last two lines of the poem, "Haply I may remember,/And haply may forget" are changed to "perchance I may remember, perchance I may forget."

Tempo markings: "Moderato con espressione"

Notes: Ives notes that "The publication date is uncertain. The only extant copies, at The National Library of Australia and the State Library of Tasmania, are undated, with the catalog listing estimating a date between 1880 and 1899" (DM93).

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM93

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

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: Record for "When I am dead, my dearest." National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-177914487. Accessed 26 January 2022.

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-packer

"This Song may be sung in public without infringement of Copyright."

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