"Echo / Ekko" [Johan Backer-Lunde]

"Echo / Ekko" [Johan Backer-Lunde]

First line of lyrics: Come, come to me in the silence of the night / Kom, kom til mig, mem i nattens stilhed

Part of: "Engelske Sange" [op. 38]

Backer-Lunde, Johan; music (Norwegian, 1874-1958)

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

1910 [publication]

Oslo [formerly Kristiania]: Oluf By's Musikforlag

genre: song|art song (lied)|song cycle

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: Norway

male composer

English|Norwegian

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Place in the larger work: The third song of three in a song cycle called “Engleske Sange: op.38” which includes 1. “Wynken, Blynken and Nod / Winke, Blinke og Dup” (Eugene Field), 2. “March / Marts” (William Wordsworth), 3. “Echo / Ekko” (Christina Rossetti).

Tempo markings: "Andante lento"

Notes: The collection of songs called "Engelske Sange of Johan Backer-Lunde" is dedicated to Mrs. Borghild Langaard and includes opus 38 to 41.

Format 1: musical score

5 pages (pp. 12-16)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4371

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 "Engelske sange : op38." Royal Academy of Music Library, http://lib.ram.ac.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/57/5/0?searchdata1=89721{CKEY}&searchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^&user_id=WEBSERVER. Accessed 15 Apr. 2019.

Cataloguer: Diana Bishara, University of Ottawa

musical score: Backer-Lunde, Johan. "Engelske Sange of Johan Backer-Lunde." Oluf By's Musikforlag, Kristiania, 1910. Royal Academy of Music Library, London

Opus: 38, number 3

Record: CRM-echo-backer-lunde

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