"A Birthday" [J. Guy Stalnaker]

"A Birthday" [J. Guy Stalnaker]

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

Part of: "Three Christina Rossetti Poems"

Stalnaker, J. [James] Guy; music (American, born 1958)

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

2018 [composition]

genre: sacred music|choral music|song|song cycle

chorus: SSATBB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Place in the larger work: The second song of three in the song cycle called "Three Christina Rossetti Poems" which includes 1. "A Rose Plant in Jericho"; 2. "A Birthday"; 3. "Still (Dost Thou Not Care?)"

Tempo markings: quarter note = 84

Format 1: musical score

3 pages (pp. 3-5)

Other data reference(s): Record for "Three Christina Rossetti Songs (J. Guy Stalnaker)." Choral Public Domain Library, http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Three_Christina_Rossetti_Songs_(J._Guy_Stalnaker). Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Choral Public Domain Library, http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Three_Christina_Rossetti_Songs_(J._Guy_Stalnaker)

Record: CRM-birthday-stalnaker

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

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