"My Love is Come" [Theo Marzials]

"My Love is Come" [Theo Marzials]

First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird

Marzials, Theo [Theophile Jules Henri]; music (English 1850-1920)

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

1881 [composition] [publication]

London, New York: Boosey & Co.; New York: C. H. Ditson & Co.; Sydney: W. H. Paling & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Composition history: "In September 1881, 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 Appassionata"

Performance history: "Among the most popular Rossetti settings, frequently reprinted in Britain, the United States, and Australia, and frequently performed. Announcements or reviews of public performances appeared in the Academy (7 July 1883: 17); the Musical Standard (7 April 1883: 207); the Musical World (30 June 1888: 516); and the London Times (4 October 1897: 1)" (Ives DM41).

Dedication: "To Edward Morton"

Notes: Available in two keys "No. 1 in C" and "No. 2 in D". "My Love Is Come" was very popular, and was republished many times; Ives lists seven republishings in London, New York, Sydney, and Boston before 1900 (Ives DM41).

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM41; Gooch and Thatcher 4225

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

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score in D: National Library of Australia, https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1565719. Accessed 28 Nov. 2016.

Record: CRM-birthday-marzials

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

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