"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Frederic Cliffe]

"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Frederic Cliffe]

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

Part of: "Two Merry Songs and Two Sad Songs"

Cliffe, Frederic; music (English, 1857-1931)

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

1902 [publication]

London: Chappell & Co.

genre: song|song cycle

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Place in the larger work: The third song of four in the song cycle called "Two Merry Songs and Two Sad Songs," which includes 1. "Sing and Sigh" (B. Cornwall); 2. "Snow and Sun" (M. Collins); 3. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "The Bourne" (Christina Rossetti)

Format 1: musical score

5 pages (pp. 18-22)

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Cataloguer: Van A. Mantha-Ware, University of Ottawa

musical score: Cliffe, Frederic. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." Two Merry Songs and Two Sad Songs. London: Chappell & Co, 1902. The British Library, London.

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-cliffe

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

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