"The First Spring Day" [Daniel Steven Crafts]
Title
"The First Spring Day" [Daniel Steven Crafts]
First line of lyrics: I wonder if the sap is stirring yet,
Part of: "Bittersweet Dreams"
Creator
Crafts, Daniel Steven; music (American, born 1949)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
n.d.
Subject
genre: art song (lied)|song|song cycle
solo: mezzo-soprano
instrumentation: piano|string orchestra
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United States
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "The First Spring Day"
Place in the larger work: The second song of three in a song cycle called "Bittersweet Dreams," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Echo"; 2. "The First Spring Day"; 3. "Cousin Kate"
Tempo markings: "Largo"; quarter note = 56
Performance instructions: "(a setting of three poems by Christina Rossetti) | for mezzo-soprano and piano or string orchestra"
Format
Format 1: musical score
4 pages
Source
Other data reference(s): Crafts, Daniel Steven. "Re: Goblin Market." Received by Mary Arseneau. 12 July 2017.
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa
musical score with piano: Daniel Steven Crafts
Identifier
Record: CRM-firstspringday-crafts
File(s): CRM-firstspringday-crafts.pdf
Rights
This work is protected by copyright. The score appears in Christina Rossetti in Music by kind permission of the copyright holder, composer Daniel Steven Crafts.
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Files
Collection
Citation
Crafts, Daniel Steven; music (American, born 1949) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"The First Spring Day" [Daniel Steven Crafts],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2129.
Item Relations
This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Cousin Kate" [Daniel Steven Crafts] |
Item: "Echo" [Daniel Steven Crafts] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |