"A Birthday" [Charles West]
Title
"A Birthday" [Charles West]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Creator
West, Charles; music (English, born 1945)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
2016 [composition]
Subject
genre: choral music|song
sextet: two altos, two tenors, one baritone, and one bass
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 3/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Tempo markings: "With a light flowing touch"; quarter note = 70
Format
Format 1: musical score
19 pages
Source
Other data reference(s): "A Birthday." Choral Public Domain Library, http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/A_Birthday_(Charles_West). Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: Choral Public Domain Library, http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/A_Birthday_(Charles_West)
Identifier
Record: CRM-birthday-west
File(s): CRM-birthday-west.pdf
Rights
"Copyright: Choral Public Domain Library"
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Files
Collection
Citation
West, Charles; music (English, born 1945) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A Birthday" [Charles West],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2236.