"Remember Me" [Richard Faith]

"Remember Me" [Richard Faith]

First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away

Faith, Richard Bruce; music (American, born 1926)

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

1954 [composition]; 1993 [publication]; 2003 [choral arrangement]; 2006 [choral arrangement]

New York: Leyerle Publications

genre: song|art song (lied)|choral music

solo: high voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - chorus: SATB chorus

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Remember"

Notes about the text: Faith uses only the first half of the poem, which ends with "Only remember me" from the seventh line, and concludes the song with the first line.

Tempo markings: "Andante" (1993); Lavonis states the 1954 setting marked as "Largo ma non troppo"; quarter note = ca. 52. (p. 325)

Recordings: "Remember Me." Remember Me, Songs by Richard Faith, performance by Julie Simson, mezzo-soprano and Richard Faith, piano, William Lavonis, 2000. YouTube, uploaded by Various Artists - Topic, CDBaby, 13 Apr. 2016, https://youtu.be/cB5ReXuJPkI.
"Remember Me." Remember me : the songs of Richard Faith. Performance by Brenda Baker, soprano; Richard Faith, piano, recorded at LemonCorp Studios, Portland OR, Baker, 2002.

Dedication: "To Linda Brookner" (1993)

Notes: "'Remember Me,' 1954. Poet: Christina Rossetti. From 'Remembrances', three songs for medium high voice and piano. [...] Dedication: None. Original key: F major; transpositions in E and G. Arranged for SATB choir with soloists." (Lavonis, p. 325)

Format 1: musical score

2 pages; performance time 2 minutes and 6 seconds (1993)

Other data reference(s): "Richard Faith." Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Faith. Accessed 16 Apr. 2020.
Record for "The songs of Richard Faith : for voice and piano." University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9910006418802121. Accessed 28 Jan. 2019.
Lavonis, William J. The songs of Richard Faith. 1991. University of Cincinnati, D.M.A. dissertation. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: Faith, Richard. The songs of Richard Faith : for voice and piano. Volume 1, Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle Publications, 1993, pp. 40-41. The British Library, London.

Record: CRM-remember-faith

"Copyright © Leyerle Publications 1993"

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