"Song (When I am dead, my dearest)" [Wilfred Josephs]
Title
"Song (When I am dead, my dearest)" [Wilfred Josephs]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
Part of: "Two A Capella Choruses to words of Christina Rossetti"
Creator
Josephs, Wilfred; music (English, 1927-1997)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1993 ca [publication]
Publisher
London: Mornington Music
Subject
genre: song|song cycle|choral music
chorus: SATB chorus
instrumentation: a cappella
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Place in the larger work: The first of two songs in the song cycle called "Two A Capella Choruses to words of Christina Rossetti," which includes 1. "Song (When I am dead, my dearest); 2. "A Birthday (My heart is like a singing bird)".
Composition history: "Commissioned by Geraint Lewis & the University College of Bangor (Wales) University College Singers (& dedicated to them) with funds provided by the Welsh Arts Council. Completed 1st August '87 at Poffley End, Oxon."
Tempo markings: "Not too slow"
Performance history: "For premiere 3rd December in Bangor 1987 by the above singers"
Format
Format 1: musical score
5 pages (pp. 3-7)
Source
Other data reference(s): Record for "Two a capella choruses to words of Christina Rossetti (op. 146) / Wilfred Josephs." Royal College of Music London, https://rcm.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=100358. Accessed 7 Mar. 2019.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Royal College of Music, London
Identifier
Opus: 146
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-josephs
Rights
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Files
Collection
Citation
Josephs, Wilfred; music (English, 1927-1997) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Song (When I am dead, my dearest)" [Wilfred Josephs],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 14, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2034.
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