Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"Echo" [Alastair King]

Title

"Echo" [Alastair King]
First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night
Part of: "Three Christina Rossetti Settings"

Creator

King, Alastair; music (British, born 1967)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1996 [publication] [copyright]

Publisher

Chester Music Ltd

Subject

genre: song|song cycle
solo: soprano
instrumentation: orchestra
initial sharps/flats: one sharp
initial time signature: 2/2
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"
Place in the larger work: The third 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: "Con moto e expressivo"; quarter note = 58

Format

Format 1: musical score
15 pages (pp. 33-47); complete song cycle performance time 15 minutes

Source

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.

Identifier

Record: CRM-echo-king

Rights

"© 2002 Chester Music Limited"
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Files

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Collection

Citation

King, Alastair; music (British, born 1967) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Echo" [Alastair King],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 14, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/1978.

Item Relations

Item: "Gone For Ever" [Alastair King] is part of a larger work that also includes This Item
Item: "Wife to Husband" [Alastair King] is part of a larger work that also includes This Item