Christina Rossetti In Music

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"My heart is like a singing bird" [Geoffrey William John Hinds]

Title

"My heart is like a singing bird" [Geoffrey William John Hinds]

Creator

Hinds, Geoffrey William John; music (New Zealand, born 1950)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1976 [composition]

Subject

genre: madrigal|song
trio: SSA
instrumentation: a cappella
origin: New Zealand
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Notes: The first song of three in the madrigal collection "Three madrigals" which includes 1. "My heart is like a singing bird" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "When you are old and gray" (W B Yeats); 3. "Farewell, love" (Philip Sidney).

Format

Format 1: musical score

Source

Other data reference(s): Record for "Madrigals Three madrigals [for SSA]." National Library of New Zealand, https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23241170. Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

Identifier

Record: CRM-birthday-hinds

Rights

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Files

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Collection

Citation

Hinds, Geoffrey William John; music (New Zealand, born 1950) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"My heart is like a singing bird" [Geoffrey William John Hinds],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2239.