"Gone For Ever" [Alastair King]

"Gone For Ever" [Alastair King]

First line of lyrics: Oh happy rosebud blooming

Part of: "Three Christina Rossetti Settings"

King, Alastair; music (British, born 1967)

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

1996 [publication] [copyright]

Chester Music Ltd

genre: song|song cycle

solo: soprano

instrumentation: orchestra

initial sharps/flats: four sharps

initial time signature: 2/2

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Gone for Ever"

Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle called "Three Christina Rossetti Settings," which includes 1. "Gone For Ever"; 2. "Wife to Husband"; 3. "Echo."

Tempo markings: "Dolce ma con moto"; half note = 50

Format 1: musical score

18 pages (pp. 1-18); complete song cycle performance time 15 minutes

Other data reference(s): "Three Christina Rossetti Settings (1996)." Wise Music Classical, https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/13673/. Accessed 1 March 2020.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "King THREE CHRISTINA ROSSETTI SETTINGS." Issuu, published 2 Jun. 2016, https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/three_rossetti_13673/32.

Record: CRM-goneforever-king

"© 2002 Chester Music Limited"

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