"Song" [Jeanne E. Shaffer]
Title
"Song" [Jeanne E. Shaffer]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
Part of: "Christina Rossetti, My Mother and Me"
Creator
Shaffer, Jeanne E.; music (American, 1925-2007)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1997 [publication] [copyright]
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: Sisra Publications
Subject
genre: song|song cycle
solo: mezzo-soprano|baritone
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one sharp
initial time signature: 5/4
origin: United States
female composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Place in the larger work: The third song of five in the song cycle called "Christina Rossetti, My Mother and Me," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Uphill"; 2. "Sleeping At Last"; 3. "Song"; 4. "Remember"; 5. "Another Spring".
Tempo markings: "Allegro Moderato"; quarter note = 82
Performance instructions: The solo is for mezzo-soprano or baritone.
Dedication: "In Memory of Mother"
Format
Format 1: musical score
3 pages (pp. 8-10); complete song cycle performance time 13 minutes
Source
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Toronto Music Library, Toronto
Identifier
Opus: 207, number 3
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-shaffer
Rights
"Copyright © 1997 by Arsis Press | 1719 Bay Street, S.E., Washington D.C. 20003 | All Rights Reserved."
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Citation
Shaffer, Jeanne E.; music (American, 1925-2007) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Song" [Jeanne E. Shaffer],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2057.
Item Relations
This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Remember" [Jeanne E. Shaffer] |
This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Another Spring" [Jeanne E. Shaffer] |
Item: "Up-hill" [Jeanne E. Shaffer] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |
Item: "Sleeping at Last" [Jeanne E. Shaffer] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |