"The Queen of Hearts" [Joe St.Johanser]
Title
"The Queen of Hearts" [Joe St.Johanser]
First line of lyrics: How comes it Flora
Part of: "Three Jovial Songs of Christina Rossetti"
Creator
St.Johanser, Joe; music (British, born 1941)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
2008 [publication] [copyright]
Publisher
Surrey: Robosoft Music
Subject
genre: art song (lied)|song|song cycle
solo: soprano|mezzo-soprano
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: two sharps
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "The Queen of Hearts"
Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle called "3 Jovial Songs of Christina Rossetti," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "The Queen of Hearts"; 2. "Farm Walk"; 3. "A Birthday."
Tempo markings: "Presto"; quarter note = 180
Performance instructions: The solo may be sung by either a soprano or mezzo-soprano.
Recordings: "Soprano song - 'The Queen of Hearts.'" Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Helen Semple, soprano, Steven Neugarten, piano. YouTube, uploaded by Joe St.Johanser, 11 Jan. 2017, https://youtu.be/DaUbWcqMvOQ.
Format
Format 1: musical score
5 pages (pp. 1-5); complete song cycle performance time 9 minutes
Source
Other data reference(s): "3 Jovial Songs of Christina Rossetti." Joestjohanser.co.uk, http://www.joestjohanser.co.uk/op19.htm. Accessed 16 April 2020.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Joe St.Johanser
Identifier
Opus: 19, number 1
Record: CRM-queenofhearts-stjohanser
File(s): CRM-queenofhearts-stjohanser.pdf
Rights
"Copyright © Robosoft Music 2008." This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on this website by kind permission of composer Joe. St.Johanser.
The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
Files
Collection
Citation
St.Johanser, Joe; music (British, born 1941) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"The Queen of Hearts" [Joe St.Johanser],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2222.
Item Relations
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Farm Walk" [Joe St.Johanser] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "A Birthday" [Joe St.Johanser] |