"My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird" [Jonathan Willcocks]

"My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird" [Jonathan Willcocks]

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

Willcocks, Jonathan; music (English)

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

2014 [composition]; 2015 [publication]

Dayton: Heritage Music Press

genre: song|choral music

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Tempo markings: "Brightly"; quarter note = ca. 126

Dedication: "For Kate, Joey and Ella on their special day, July 27th 2014"

Format 1: musical score

Other data reference(s): "My Heart is Like a Singing Bird." JW Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/My-Heart-is-Like-a-Singing-Bird/10520014.item#/submit. Accessed 4 Mar. 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/10520014.item#/submit. Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.

Record: CRM-birthday-willcocks

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