"My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird" [Phyllis Varner]

"My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird" [Phyllis Varner]

Varner, Phyllis; music (American, 1929-2014)

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

2002 pre [composition]

Marinette: PEL Music Publications

genre: song|vocal chamber music|choral music

chorus: women’s SSAA chorus

instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - chorus: women's SSA chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Notes about the text: Varner moves the last third of the poem ahead of the second so that the third of the poem beginning with "Carve it in doves and pomegranates" becomes the middle of the song (Walker).

Notes: Reviewer Alicia Walker writes "The composer has shown great sensitivity to the meter of the poetry in setting it to music" (Walker).

Format 1: musical score

Other data reference(s): Walker, Alicia. Review of "My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird," by Phyllis Varner. Choral Journal, Nov 2002, p. 116. ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/1033138?accountid=14701. Accessed 14 Feb. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird." JW Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/My-Heart-Is-Like-a-Singing-Bird/3701032.item#/submit. Accessed 14 Feb. 2019.

Record: CRM-birthday-varner

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