"My heart is like a singing bird: A Birthday" [Karl Young]

"My heart is like a singing bird: A Birthday" [Karl Young]

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

Young, Karl; music (American, 1879-1943)

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

1937 [publication]

New York: Galaxy Music Corp.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Tempo markings: "Allegretto, grazioso"

Dedication: "To Marion Chopin"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4236

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 "A Birthday : My heart is like a singing bird." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01005067544. Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London.

Record: CRM-birthday-young

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

"Copyright 1937 by Galaxy Music Corporation"

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