"Song" [Philip King]

"Song" [Philip King]

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

Part of: "Three Songs of Memory"

King, Philip; music (American, born 1987)

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

2009 [publication] [copyright]

Philip King

genre: song|song cycle

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 2/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

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

Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle called "Three Songs of Memory," settings of Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Song"; 2. "Remember"; 3. "Echo."

Tempo markings: "Andante con moto"; quarter note = 92

Dedication: "Dedicated to the 2008-2009 Drake University Choir Dr. Aimee Beckmann-Collier, conductor"

Format 1: musical score

3 pages (pp. 1-3)

Other data reference(s): "Three Songs of Memory - Song (Philip King)." ChoralWiki, http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Three_Songs_of_Memory_-_Song_(Philip_King). Accessed 22 July 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: ChoralWiki, http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Three_Songs_of_Memory_-_Song_(Philip_King). Accessed 22 July 2019.

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-king

"© 2009, Philip King"

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