"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.
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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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.