Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"A Birthday" [Charles Fonteyn Manney]

Title

"A Birthday" [Charles Fonteyn Manney]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird

Creator

Manney, Charles Fonteyn; music (American, 1872-1951)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1935 [publication]

Publisher

Philadelphia: T. Presser

Subject

genre: choral music|song
chorus: women's SSA chorus
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one sharp
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United States
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Notes about the text: In the second line of the second stanza the word "vair" is replaced with "rare."
Tempo markings: "Allegro, non troppo, ma con brio"
Dedication: "To the Mac Dowell Club Chorus, Boston"

Format

Format 1: musical score
6 pages (pp. 26-31)

Source

Other data reference(s): Record for "Philomelian three-part chorus collection : for women's voices." University of Toronto Libraries, https://search.library.utoronto.ca/details?6907809&uuid=8a86eece-8d63-4357-88bf-8a429316bbec. Accessed 4 Mar. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: University of Toronto Robarts Library, Toronto

Identifier

Record: CRM-birthday-manney
File(s): CRM-birthday-manney.pdf

Rights

"Copyright 1926 by Theo. Presser Co."
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Collection

Citation

Manney, Charles Fonteyn; music (American, 1872-1951) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A Birthday" [Charles Fonteyn Manney],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 13, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2255.