"A birthday" [Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

"A birthday" [Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

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

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel; music (English, 1875-1912)

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

1909 [publication]

London: Metzler & Co.; Melbourne: Allan & Co.

genre: song

solo: high voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: four flats

initial time signature: 2/4

other version 1 - solo: high voice

other version 1 - instrumentation: orchestra

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Tempo markings: "Allegro con brio"; quarternote = 120

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4211

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): de Lerma, Dominique-René. 46. Works. "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)." AfriClassical.com, African Heritage in Classical Music, http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/song.html#46. Accessed 1 Feb. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: National Library of New Zealand, Wellington

Record: CRM-birthday-coleridge-taylor

File(s): CRM-birthday-coleridge-taylor.pdf

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