Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Wallace Southam]

Title

"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Wallace Southam]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Creator

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

Date

1966 [copyright] [publication]

Publisher

London: Robbins Music Corp.

Subject

genre: song|song cycle|jazz
solo: low voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: two flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Tempo markings: "Slow blues"
Performance instructions:
Performance history:
Dedication: "For my wife"
Notes: From a collection entitled "Poetry Set in Jazz."

Format

Format 1: musical score
2 pages

Source

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4784
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Cataloguer: Claudia Laugalys, University of Ottawa
musical score: University of Toronto Music Library, Toronto

Identifier

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-southam

Rights

"© Copyright 1966 by ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION LIMITED, 35, Soho Square, London, W. 1."
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Files

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Collection

Citation

Southam, Wallace; music (English) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Wallace Southam],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 12, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2021.