"When I am dead, my dearest" [Roger Ascham]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Roger Ascham]

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

Ascham, Roger; music (British, 1864-1934)

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

1898 December 18 [composition]; 1901 [publication]

London: Charles Vincent; U.S America: Oliver Ditson Company

genre: art song (lied)|song

solo: voice

chorus: unknown type

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: South Africa

male composer

English

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

Composition history: Composed at Port Elizabeth, Dec. 18. 1898.

Tempo markings: "Andante molto"

Dedication: To my friend, Mrs Arthur Dent.

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

Reference: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/

Other data reference(s): https://imslp.org/wiki/12_Songs%2C_Op.22_(Ascham%2C_Roger)
http://composers-classical-music.com/a/AschamRoger.htm
https://musopen.org/music/composer/roger-ascham/

Cataloguer: Pamela Cisneros, University of Ottawa

musical score: "Song: When I Am Dead, My Dearest." Twelve Songs, Charles Vincent; Oliver Ditson Company, 1898, pp. 9-10. IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, https://imslp.org/wiki/12_Songs%2C_Op.22_(Ascham%2C_Roger). Accessed September 16, 2019.

Opus: 22, number 3

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-ascham

File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-ascham.pdf

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