"A birthday" [Willie B. Manson]

"A birthday" [Willie B. Manson]

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

Manson, Willie B.; music (English, born in New Zealand, 1886-1916)

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

1919 [publication]

London: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Tempo markings: "Allegro vivace"

Notes: The second song of three in the song collection called "Songs of Love and Youth" which includes 1. "Love! What wilt thou with this heart of mine?" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); 2. "A birthday" (Christina Rossetti); 3. "Hence away! Begone" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).

Format 1: musical score

5 pages (pp. 7-11)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4224

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 "Songs of love and youth / the poems by Longfellow and Christina Rossetti ; the music by Willie B. Manson." Vassar College Library, http://vaslib.vassar.edu:80/record=b2085043~S1. Accessed 11 Feb. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Manson, Willie B. "A birthday." Songs of Love and Youth, Boosey & Hawkes, pp. 7-11. Royal Academy of Music Library, London

Record: CRM-birthday-manson

File(s): CRM-birthday-manson.pdf

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