"When I am Dead" [Caroline Reinagle]

"When I am Dead" [Caroline Reinagle]

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

Reinagle, Caroline; music (English, 1817-1892)

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

1881 [publication]

London: Stanley Lucas & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 9/8

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Andantino tranquillo"

Dedication: "To her cousins Mr. & Mrs. T.O. Lazenby"

Notes: "Reviewed in the Monthly Musical Record (1 April 1881)" (DM42).

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM42

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

Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-reinagle

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

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