"When I am dead, my dearest" [Percy Pitt]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Percy Pitt]

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

Pitt, Percy; music (English, 1870-1932)

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

1896 [copyright]; 1897 [publication]

London: Weekes & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Composition history: "Words by Christina Rossetti. By kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co."

Tempo markings: "Lento doloroso."

Dedication: "To Mimi"

Notes: The "English Series of Original Songs" was edited by J.R. Courtenay Gale and Charlton T. Speer. The setting was reviewed in Musical News on June 30, 1896. (Ives DM153).

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM153

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-pitt

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

"Copyright 1896 by Weekes & Co."

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