"Echo 'Come to me in the Silence of the Night'" [W. Wolstenholme]

"Echo 'Come to me in the Silence of the Night'" [W. Wolstenholme]

Wolstenholme, W. [William]; music (English, 1865-1931)

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

1921 [copyright]

Birkenhead: Ryalls & Jones Ltd.; London: Chappell & Co. Ltd.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Performance history: Performed in London, 7 December 1903. (Gooch and Thatcher 4388)

Notes: This work was published for the National Institute for the Blind, London, by Ryalls and Jones, Ltd., Birkenhead. The score for "Echo." ("Come to me in the Silence of the Night") was advertised by the National Institute Edition of the Works by British Blind Composers in "The Musical Times" in 1931 ("Back Matter." vol. 72, no. 1064, Oct. 1, 1931, p. 946) and again in May 1934 ("Front Matter." vol. 75, no. 1095, p. 392) and November 1934 ("Back Matter." vol. 75, no. 1101, p. 1049).

Format 1: musical score

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4388

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): "Front matter." The Musical Times, vol. 75, no. 1095, May, 1934, pp. 385-400.
"Echo, Come To me in the silence of the night." The Sheet Music Warehouse, www.sheetmusicwarehouse.co.uk/female-composers/echo-come-to-me-in-the-silence-of-the-night/. Accessed 14 Apr. 2020.

Cataloguer: Diana Bishara, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-echo-wolstenholme

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