Christina Rossetti In Music

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

Title

"My heart is like a singing bird: A Birthday" [Karl Young]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird

Creator

Young, Karl; music (American, 1879-1943)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1937 [publication]

Publisher

New York: Galaxy Music Corp.

Subject

genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: two flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United States
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Tempo markings: "Allegretto, grazioso"
Dedication: "To Marion Chopin"

Format

Format 1: musical score
4 pages

Source

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.

Identifier

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

Rights

"Copyright 1937 by Galaxy Music Corporation"
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Files

Collection

Citation

Young, Karl; music (American, 1879-1943) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"My heart is like a singing bird: A Birthday" [Karl Young],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2187.