"A Birthday" [Walter J. Lockitt]

"A Birthday" [Walter J. Lockitt]

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

Lockitt, Walter J.; music (active 1899)

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

1899 [publication]

London: Weekes & Co.

genre: song|parlour song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Notes about the text: After the first stanza, the line "My love is come to me" is repeated. The entirety of the poem is to be sung twice.

Tempo markings: "Andante"

Dedication: "To Pascal Needham, Esqre"

Notes: A note at the top of the score states "Words by Christina Rossetti (by kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co. Ltd.)"
A reviewer for the Musical News notes that Lockitt treats Rossetti's poem in a "simple and lyric manner, with which no fault can be found, as his melody is graceful and expression" (Review of "A Birthday").

Format 1: musical score

2 pages (pp. 2-3)

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM169

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

Other data reference(s): Review of "A Birthday," by Walter J. Lockitt. Musical News, 4 Mar. 1899, 233. British Periodicals, https://search.proquest.com/docview/7466437?accountid=14701. Accessed 11 Feb. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-birthday-lockitt

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

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