"When I am dead, my dearest" [Douglas Brooks-Davies]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Douglas Brooks-Davies]

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

Brooks-Davies, Douglas; music (English, born 1942)

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

2006 [composition] [copyright]

genre: song

solo: soprano

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: quarter note = 70

Performance instructions: "The accompanying choir and keyboard should be as restrained as possible, and the soprano soloist should use minimum vibrato. The choir whispers should be breathed as gently as is compatible with audibility" (Brooks-Davies).

Notes: "A folk song-like setting seemed most appropriate for the beautiful simplicity of Christina Rossetti’s familiar and utterly lovely poem."

Format 1: musical score

6 pages; performance time 3 minutes

Cataloguer: Claudia Laugalys, University of Ottawa

musical score: Douglas Brooks-Davies

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "When I am dead, my dearest." Score exchange, https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/49852.html. Accessed 6 April 2018

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-brooks-davies

File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-brooks-davies.pdf

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