Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"When I am dead" [Eleanor Everest Freer]

Title

"When I am dead" [Eleanor Everest Freer]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Creator

Freer, Eleanor Everest; music (American, 1864-1942)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1909 [copyright] [publication]

Publisher

Chicago: W.H. Willis & Co.

Subject

genre: song
solo: low voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 6/4
other version 1 - solo: high voice
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
origin: United States
female composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Tempo markings: "Lento"
Dedication: "To Mildred Marsh Henderson"

Format

Format 1: musical score
4 pages

Source

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: New York Public Library, New York

Identifier

Opus: 19, number 1
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-freer
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-freer.pdf

Rights

"Copyright, MCMIX, by W.H. Willis & Co."
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Files

Collection

Citation

Freer, Eleanor Everest; music (American, 1864-1942) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"When I am dead" [Eleanor Everest Freer],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2087.