"A birthday" [Bryony Jagger]

"A birthday" [Bryony Jagger]

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

Jagger, Bryony; music (New Zealand, born in England, born 1948)

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

2008 [publication]

Wellington: SOUNZ

genre: song

trio: soprano, mezzo-soprano, and alto

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: New Zealand

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Tempo markings: "Andante cantabile"; quarter note = 76

Performance history: Performed on March 30, 2008 by Karen Staniland, Hilary Nobes, Bryony Jagger and Geoffrey Hinds at the Auckland Leider Group ("A Birthday").

Format 1: musical score

7 pages; performance time 3 minutes

Other data reference(s): "A Birthday." SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, https://www.sounz.org.nz/works/19191. Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.
Record for "A birthday : for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, and piano / Bryony Jagger ; words by Christina Rossetti." National Library of New Zealand, https://natlib.govt.nz/records/38471145. Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "A Birthday." SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, https://www.sounz.org.nz/works/19191. Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.

Record: CRM-birthday-jagger

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