"Come to Me in Dreams" [Mrs. Lynedoch Moncrieff]

"Come to Me in Dreams" [Mrs. Lynedoch Moncrieff]

First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night

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

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

1886 [publication]

London: Enoch & Sons

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): "Echo"

Composition history: "The words by Christina G. Rosetti [sic] (By permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co.)"

Tempo markings: "Andante."

Dedication: "Composed expressly for, and sung by Miss Damian"

Notes: "No. 1 in F. No. 2 in G"

Format 1: musical score

6 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM86

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

Cataloguer: Diana Bishara and Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa

musical score in F: British Library, London

Record: CRM-echo-moncrieff

File(s): CRM-echo-moncrieff-f.pdf

"May be sung in public without fee or license."

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