"When I am Dead, My Dearest" [Louisa H. Grant]

"When I am Dead, My Dearest" [Louisa H. Grant]

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

Grant, Louisa H.; music (English, active 1885)

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

1885 [composition]

Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Dundee, Ayr: Paterson & Sons

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 3/4

other version 1 - solo: voice

other version 1 - instrumentation: violin

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Moderato"

Performance instructions: "with Violin obbligato" (Record for "When...") (Ives DM82)

Dedication: "Dedicated to Henry C. Lunn, Esq. R. A. M"

Notes: This setting was "reviewed in the Athenaeum (21 August 1886): 250." (Ives DM82).

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM82

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

Other data reference(s): Record for "When I am dead, my dearest. Song, [with Violin obbligato,] words by C. Rossetti." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004374321. Accessed 20 Jul. 2021.

Cataloguer: Van A. Mantha-Ware and Emily Lapen, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-grant

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

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