"No sad songs" [Maryanne N. Rumancik]

"No sad songs" [Maryanne N. Rumancik]

Part of: "Christina Rossetti song cycle: advanced solos for mezzo soprano and piano"

Rumancik, Maryanne N.; music (Canadian, born 1960)

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

2001 [publication] [copyright]

Lorette: Prairie Sky Music Publishing

genre: song|song cycle

solo: mezzo-soprano

instrumentation: piano

origin: Canada

female composer

English

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

Place in the larger work: The third song of four in the song cycle called "Christina Rossetti song cycle: advanced solos for mezzo soprano and piano," settings of Christina Rossetti poems, which includes 1. "Sleeping at Last"; 2. "No thank you John!"; 3. "No sad songs"; 4. "My secret."

Notes: A review of the song cycle by Joy McFarlane-Burton is featured on the composer's website: "This is an interesting work for mezzo-soprano and piano suitable for the advanced soloist. The Song Cycle of four songs is based on the poetry of Christina Rossetti. The texts are beautifully and sensitively set. The first song "Sleeping at Last" is a combination of leider and Spechstimme styles. "No Thank You John" is more argumentative, again incorporating the Sprechstimme but with more humour. The chromatic texture of "No Sad Songs" is very appealing. The final song, "My Secret", is a playful song full of clever surprises" (McFarlane-Burton).

Format 1: musical score

Other data reference(s): "Biography of Maryanne N. Rumancik." Prairie Sky Music, http://www.prairieskymusic.com/bio.html. Accessed 21 June 2019.
McFarlane-Burton, Joy. "Reviews." Prairie Sky Music, http://www.prairieskymusic.com/reviews.html#anchor_rossetti_review. Accessed 21 June 2019.
Record for "Christina Rossetti song cycle : advanced solos for mezzo soprano and piano." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1055458595. Accessed 21 June 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-rumancik

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