Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"When I am Dead My Dearest" [Kate Vannah]

Title

"When I am Dead My Dearest" [Kate Vannah]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my Dearest

Creator

Vannah, Kate; music (American, 1855-1933)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1893 [publication]

Publisher

Boston: Miles & Thompson

Subject

genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one sharp
initial time signature: 3/4
origin: United States
female composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Tempo markings: "Moderato"
Dedication: "Dedicated to Seville Martyn = Treat."

Format

Format 1: musical score
4 pages (pp. 3-6)

Source

Reference: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/
Cataloguer: Robyn Finlay, University of Ottawa
Musical score: Maine Sheet Music Collection, University of Maine, Score 357. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-me/357/. Accessed 13 March 2020.

Identifier

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-vannah
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-vannah.pdf

Rights

"Copyright 1893 by Miles & Thompson"
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Files

Collection

Citation

Vannah, Kate; music (American, 1855-1933) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"When I am Dead My Dearest" [Kate Vannah],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 13, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2031.