[setting of “A Birthday”] [Ethan McGraph]

[setting of “A Birthday”] [Ethan McGraph]

McGrath, Ethan; music (American, active 2019)

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

2019 [composition]

genre: choral music|song

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Composition history: The song collection, Silver Springs, was funded by an ArtsBuild Community Cultural Connections Grant (Joyner).

Performance history: First performed 22 March 2019 by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Chamber Singers at First Baptist Church with McGrath serving as pianist, organist, or conductor for some pieces (Pierce 3).

Recordings: McGrath, Ethan. Silver Songs. Performed by University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Chamber Singers, 2019.

Notes: This setting of "A Birthday" is included in the song collection "Silver Songs" which includes 22 original works inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Amy Carmichael, Elinor Wylie, and Sarah Tullock (Pierce 3).

Format 1: musical score

Format 2: sound recording

Other data reference(s): Joyner, Sarah. "Poetry in Musical Motion: UTC alum turns poems into songs." University of Tennessee at Chattanooga News Releases, https://blog.utc.edu/news/2019/03/poetry-in-musical-motion-utc-alum-turns-poems-into-songs/. Accessed 30 Mar. 2019.
Pierce, Susan. "UTC Chamber Singers hosting CD release concert [Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.]." Chattanooga Times Free Press Tennessee, 20 Mar. 2019, pp. 3-4, Cision. Accessed 26 Mar. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-birthday-mcgrath

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