Christina Rossetti In Music

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"A birthday" [Malcolm Willliamson]

Title

"A birthday" [Malcolm Willliamson]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Part of: "Six English Lyrics"

Creator

Williamson, Malcolm; music (Australian, 1931-2003)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1967 [publication]

Publisher

London: Josef Weinberger Ltd.

Subject

genre: song|choral music|song cycle
solo: low voice
instrumentation: violin|viola|cello|double bass|string orchestra
initial sharps/flats: two flats
initial time signature: 4/4
other version 1 - solo: baritone|mezzo-soprano
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
other version 2 - chorus: SATB chorus
other version 2 - instrumentation: piano
origin: Australia
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Place in the larger work: The third song of six in the song cycle "Six English Lyrics" which includes 1. "Go, lovely Rose" (Edmund Waller); 2. "Crossing the Bar" (Alfred, Lord Tennyson); 3. "A Birthday" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "Sweet and Low" (Alfred, Lord Tennyson); 5. "Jenny kiss'd me" (Leigh Hunt); 6. "When I am dead" (Christina Rossetti).
Tempo markings: "Allegro"
Performance instructions: A version of this may be sung by either mezzo-soprano or baritone (Other version 1).
Dedication: "for Nancy Evans" [song cycle]

Format

Format 1: musical score
4 (pp. 11-14); performance time 15 minutes (song cycle)
10 pages

Source

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4233
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 Toronto Library, Toronto
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "A BIRTHDAY SHEET MUSIC BY MALCOLM WILLIAMSON." Sheet Music Now, https://www.sheetmusicnow.com/products/a-birthday-score-p333586. Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.

Identifier

Record: CRM-birthday-williamson

Rights

"Copyright 1967/1969 Josef Weinberger Ltd."
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Files

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Collection

Citation

Williamson, Malcolm; music (Australian, 1931-2003) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A birthday" [Malcolm Willliamson],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2184.

Item Relations

This Item is part of a larger work that also includes Item: "When I am dead" [Malcolm Williamson]