"Song" [Richard Pearson Thomas]
Title
"Song" [Richard Pearson Thomas]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
Part of: "Twilight"
Creator
Thomas, Richard Pearson; music (American, born 1957)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
2007 [publication] [copyright]
Publisher
Portage Press Publishing
Subject
genre: art song (lied)|song cycle|song
solo: high voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: five flats
initial time signature: 3/4
origin: United States
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Place in the larger work: The third song of three in the song cycle called "Twilight," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "A Birthday"; 2. "Mirage"; 3. "Song".
Composition history: The song cycle was "Commissioned by Karen Eckenroth and Otterbein College."
Tempo markings: "Andante espressivo"; dotted half note = 46
Recordings: "Twilight." Experience, performance by Natalie Mann, soprano, Jeff Panko, piano, Albany, 2013. Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/album/7567isSvYmpPQXrDqVinhK. Accessed 9 Jul. 2021.
Format
Format 1: musical score
8 pages (pp. 15-22); performance time approx. 4 minutes; complete song cycle performance time approx. 11 minutes
Source
Other data reference(s): Carman, Judith. "TWILIGHT. Three Songs on Poems of Christina Rossetti for High Voice." Journal of Singing, vol. 67, no. 3, 2011, pp. 370-371, ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/874155748?accountid=14701.
Cataloguer: Madeline Paiva, University of Ottawa
musical score: New England Conservatory of Music, Boston
Identifier
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-thomas
Rights
"©2007 R. Pearson Thomas | Portage Press Publishing"
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Citation
Thomas, Richard Pearson; music (American, born 1957) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Song" [Richard Pearson Thomas],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2092.
Item Relations
| Item: "Birthday" [Richard Pearson Thomas] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |
| Item: "Mirage" [Richard Pearson Thomas] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |