"My Love is Come to Me" [Arthur Frackenpohl]

"My Love is Come to Me" [Arthur Frackenpohl]

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

Frackenpohl, Arthur; music (American, born 1924)

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

1952 Aug 31 [composition]; 1961 [publication]

New York: Edward B. Marks Music Corp.

genre: song

solo: mezzo-soprano

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"

Composition history: A handwritten note on the score indicates that the piece was composed while the composer was in "Potsdam, N.Y."

Tempo markings: "Slowly to moderately"; quarter note = 80

Dedication: "for Nancy"

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4214

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

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Other data reference(s): Record for "A birthday : for mezzo soprano with piano accompaniment." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33921609. Accessed 29 Jan. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Julia E. Crane Memorial Library, State University Teachers College, Potsdam, New York

Record: CRM-birthday-frackenpohl

File(s): CRM-birthday-frackenpohl-nopub.pdf

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