"A birthday" [C. Armstrong Gibbs]

"A birthday" [C. Armstrong Gibbs]

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

Gibbs, C. Armstrong [Cecil]; music (English, 1889-1960)

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

1953 [publication]

London: Oxford University Press

genre: song

solo: soprano|tenor

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Tempo markings: "Estatico"; quarter note = about 90

Performance instructions: The solo may be sung by either a soprano or tenor.

Notes: The second song of three in the song collection "Three Lyrics by Christina Rossetti" which includes 1. "The lamb and the dove"; 2. "A birthday"; 3. "Gone were but the winter."

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4215

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): Record for "Three lyrics by Christina Rossetti. No. 2, A birthday." Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=oxfaleph015114864&context=L&vid=SOLO&search_scope=LSCOP_ALL&tab=local&lang=en_US. Accessed 28 Jan. 2019.
Record for "Three lyrics by Christina Rossetti. Op.131,no.1-3. [Songs]. 1. The lamb and the dove. 2. A birthday. 3. Gone were but the winter." Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=oxfaleph019953946&context=L&vid=SOLO&search_scope=LSCOP_ALL&tab=local&lang=en_US. Accessed 28 Jan. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Sibley Music Library, Rochester, New York

Opus: 131, number 2

Record: CRM-birthday-gibbs

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

"Copyright 1953, by the Oxford University Press, London"

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