"A Birthday" [Cyril Scott]
Title
"A Birthday" [Cyril Scott]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Creator
Scott, Cyril; music (English, 1879-1970)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1913 [composition]
Publisher
London: Elkin & Co.; New York: G. Ricordi & Co.
Subject
genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 4/4
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: two sharps
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Tempo markings: "Gently flowing"
Dedication: "For Charles Tilson Chowne."
Notes: "No. 1 in C."; "No. 2 in D."
Format
Format 1: musical score
5 pages
Source
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4229
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: University of Rochester Library, http://hdl.handle.net/1802/23369. Accessed 8 Jan. 2017.
Identifier
Record: CRM-birthday-scott
File(s): CRM-birthday-scott.pdf
Rights
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Files
Collection
Citation
Scott, Cyril; music (English, 1879-1970) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A Birthday" [Cyril Scott],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed September 20, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2171.