"My heart is like a singing bird" [Federico Longas]

"My heart is like a singing bird" [Federico Longas]

Longas, Frederico; music (Spanish, a.k.a. Federico Longás, 1893-1968)

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

1927 [publication]

Melbourne: Allans Music

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two flats

origin: Spain

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Performance history: This piece was published while Longas was on tour as an accompanying pianist for the singer Tito Schipa ("Federico Longas"). On the score, it states that the music was "sung by Tito Schipa" (Record for "My heart is like a singing bird [music] : song / words by Christina Rossetti ; music by Frederico Longas").

Notes: "Key B [flat]"

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4220

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): "Federico Longas." Edward B. Marks Music Company, http://www.ebmarks.com/composers/federico-longas/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2019.
Record for "My heart is like a singing bird [music] : song / words by Christina Rossetti ; music by Frederico Longas." National Library of Australia, https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1712617. Accessed 11 Feb. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-birthday-longas

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