Christina Rossetti In Music

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"A Birthday" [Walter J. Lancaster]

Title

"A Birthday" [Walter J. Lancaster]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird

Creator

Lancaster, Walter J. [James]; music (English, active 1860-1952)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

n.d., 1900 ca [publication]

Publisher

London: Joseph Williams

Subject

genre: song|parlour song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: three sharps
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Composition history: "By kind permission of Messrs MacMillan."
Tempo markings: quarter note = 100
Dedication: "To my friend Edward Iles"
Notes: Published as part of the song collection called "Six Songs" which includes 1. "O Swallow Swallow" (Tennyson); 2. "When I have fears" (Keats); 3. "The Lady of the Lambs" (Alice Meynell); 4. "Echo" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "A Birthday" (Christina Rossetti); 6. "I arise from dreams of thee" (Percy Shelley).

Format

Format 1: musical score
2 pages (pp. 4-5)

Source

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: Lancaster, Walter J. "A Birthday." Six Songs, London, Joseph Williams, pp. 4-5. Royal Academy of Music Library, London

Identifier

Record: CRM-birthday-lancaster

Rights

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Files

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Collection

Citation

Lancaster, Walter J. [James]; music (English, active 1860-1952) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A Birthday" [Walter J. Lancaster],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 13, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2254.