"My Heart is Like a Singing Bird" [Mrs. L. Moncrieff]

"My Heart is Like a Singing Bird" [Mrs. L. Moncrieff]

Moncrieff, Nita Gaetano, Mrs. Lynedoch Moncrieff; music (British, born Antoinette Gaëtano in 1851)

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

1882 [publication]

London: Boosey & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - solo: voice

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Composition history: "In September 1881, [Theo] Marzials and "Mrs. Moncrieff" had apparently written to [Christina Rossetti] regarding a setting of the poem. However, it is unclear from [Rossetti's] response whether Marzials was setting the poem by himself, or with (or for), Moncrieff, herself a singer and composer who published her own setting in 1882." (Ives DM41)

Tempo markings: "Allegro grazioso"

Performance history: "Sung by Miss Wakefield" (Ives DM44).

Dedication: "The Music Composed & Dedicated to Miss Louise Johnston" for No. 1 in F (Ives DM44); "Dedicated to Miss Louise Johnston"

Notes: "Available in two keys: 'No 1 in F' and 'No 2 in G' are both printed on the cover" (Ives DM44).

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM44, DM41

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

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

Musical score: British Library, London

Record: CRM-birthday-moncrieff

File(s): CRM-birthday-moncrieff.pdf

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