"Song" [Lori Laitman]

"Song" [Lori Laitman]

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

Part of: "Days and Nights"

Laitman, Lori; music (American, born 1955)

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

1995 [copyright]; 2003

Enchanted Knickers Music (BMI)

genre: song|song cycle

solo: soprano

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

female composer

English

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

Place in the larger work: The fifth of six songs in a song cycle called "Days and Nights," which includes 1. "Along With Me" (Robert Browning); 2. "They Might Not Need Me" (Emily Dickinson); 3. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes." (Francis W. Bourdillon); 4. "Over the Fence" (Emily Dickinson); 5. "Song" (Christina Rossetti); 6. "Wild Nights" (Emily Dickinson).

Tempo markings: "Flowing with flexible tempo"; quarter note = 116

Dedication: "For Melissa Coombs"

Notes: "GMaj" (Carman 1642e)

Format 1: musical score

4 pages; complete song cycle performance time 12 minutes and 30 seconds

Other data reference(s): Carman, Judith E., et al. Art Song in the United States, 1759-2011. Fourth edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013, 1642e.
Laitman, Lori. "Days and Nights." http://artsongs.com/catalog/days-and-nights.html. Accessed 22 May 2018.

Cataloguer: Claudia Laugalys, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Lori Laitman

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-laitman

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

"© 1995, Lori Laitman. Enchanted Knickers Music, BMI." This work is protected by copyright, but available for research and education only, with permission from Lori Laitman. All rights reserved.

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