"A birthday" [Robin Wood]

"A birthday" [Robin Wood]

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

Wood, Robin; music (Australian, born 1911)

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

1949 [composition]; 1950 [publication]

London: Chappell & Co. Ltd.

genre: song

solo: voice

chorus: unison chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: Australia

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Notes about the text: Wood replaces "vair" with "rare."

Tempo markings: "Steady rhythm"

Performance instructions: For solo voice or unison choir.

Dedication: "To the Mac Robertson Girls' High School - 1949"

Format 1: musical score

3 pages (pp. 2-4)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4234

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): Pleskun, Stephen. A Chronological History of Australian Composers and Their Compositions. Vol. 1, Xlibris, 2012.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: National Library of Australia, Parkes

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Wood: Birthday, A." Presto Sheet Music, https://www.prestomusic.com/sheet-music/products/7345512--wood-birthday-a. Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.

Record: CRM-birthday-wood

File(s): CRM-birthday-wood-nopub.pdf

"Copyright 1950 by Chappel & Co., Ltd."

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