"A Birthday" [Joe St.Johanser]

"A Birthday" [Joe St.Johanser]

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

Part of: "Three Jovial Songs of Christina Rossetti"

St.Johanser, Joe; music (British, born 1941)

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

2008 [publication] [copyright]

Surrey: Robosoft Music

genre: art song (lied)|song|song cycle

solo: mezzo-soprano|soprano

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: four sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Place in the larger work: The third 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: "Andante"; quarter note = 100

Recordings: "A Birthday." Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Helen Semple, soprano, Steven Neugarten, piano. YouTube, uploaded by Joe St.Johanser, 11 Jan. 2017, https://youtu.be/Sd9NwPkX_No.

Format 1: musical score

3 pages (pp. 15-17); complete song cycle performance time 9 minutes

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: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Joe St.Johanser

Opus: 19, number 3

Record: CRM-birthday-stjohanser

File(s): CRM-birthday-stjohanser.pdf

"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.

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