"Song (When I am dead, my dearest)" [Frederic H. Cowen]

"Song (When I am dead, my dearest)" [Frederic H. Cowen]

Cowen, Frederic H. [Hymen]; music (English, born in Jamaica, 1852-1935)

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

1882 [publication]

London: Joseph Williams

genre: song

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Notes: From a song collection called "Six Songs." "Reviewed in the Musical Standard 6 May 1882. Cowen released several sets of six and twelve songs, of which this is the earliest to contain a Rossetti setting. Rossetti settings included within Cowen's collections were often published separately, there are no separate publications located for this setting" (Ives).

Format 1: musical score

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM46

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

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-cowen

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