"My heart is like a singing bird" [Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]

"My heart is like a singing bird" [Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]

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

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario; music (American, born in Italy, 1895-1968)

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

1952 [publication]

New York: Galaxy Music Corp.

genre: song|choral music

chorus: women's SSA chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Tempo markings: "Lively (in 2)"

Performance history: Performed by Vassar College Women's Chorus on April 7, 2013 ("Vassar College Women's Chorus").

Format 1: musical score

6 pages (pp. 2-7)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4210

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

Other data reference(s): "Vassar College Women's Chorus." Vassar, http://music.vassar.edu/concerts/webcast/2013/2013-04-07-womens-chorus.html. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario. Four Christina Rossetti Songs. Galaxy Music Corporation, 1952, pp. 2-7. University of Toronto Music Library, Toronto

Opus: 153

Record: CRM-birthday-castelnuovo-tedesco

File(s): CRM-birthday-castelnuovo-tedesco.pdf

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