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"When I am dead" [Pietro Floridia]

Title

"When I am dead" [Pietro Floridia]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Creator

Floridia, Pietro; music (Italian, 1860-1932)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1915 [copyright] [publication]

Publisher

New York: Carl Fischer

Subject

genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: four flats
initial time signature: 6/8
origin: United States
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Tempo markings: "Very slowly, with deep feeling"

Format

Format 1: musical score
4 pages

Source

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

Identifier

Opus: 22, number 2
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-floridia
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-floridia.pdf

Rights

"Copyright MCMXV by Carl Fischer, New York. International Copyright Secured."
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Citation

Floridia, Pietro; music (Italian, 1860-1932) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"When I am dead" [Pietro Floridia],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed April 23, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2094.