Christina Rossetti In Music

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

Title

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

Creator

Longas, Frederico; music (Spanish, a.k.a. Federico Longás, 1893-1968)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1927 [publication]

Publisher

Melbourne: Allans Music

Subject

genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: two flats
origin: Spain
male composer

Language

English

Description

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

Format 1: musical score
5 pages

Source

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

Identifier

Record: CRM-birthday-longas

Rights

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Files

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Collection

Citation

Longas, Frederico; music (Spanish, a.k.a. Federico Longás, 1893-1968) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"My heart is like a singing bird" [Federico Longas],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 15, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2163.