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"Birthday Song" [F. Korbay]

Title

"Birthday Song" [F. Korbay]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird

Creator

Korbay, F. [Ferencz Sandor]; music (Hungarian, 1846-1913)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1884 [copyright]; 1895 [publication]

Publisher

London: Schott; Leipzig: Stanley Lucas & Co.; New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co.

Subject

genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one flat
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Tempo markings: "Andante con molto spirito"
Dedication: "To Miss Emma Schenck"

Format

Format 1: musical score
6 pages (pp. 2-7)

Source

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM53
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Other data reference(s): "Birthday Song." Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1884.07434/. Accessed 1 Feb. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1884.07434/.

Identifier

Record: CRM-birthday-korbay
File(s): CRM-birthday-korbay.pdf

Rights

"Library of Congress, Music Division"
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Files

Collection

Citation

Korbay, F. [Ferencz Sandor]; music (Hungarian, 1846-1913) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Birthday Song" [F. Korbay],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 17, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2116.