"My heart is like a singing bird" [James Paul Kennedy]

"My heart is like a singing bird" [James Paul Kennedy]

First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird

Kennedy, James Paul; music (American, 1911-1995)

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

1977 December 23 [composition]

genre: song

solo: high voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: five flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Notes about the text: Kennedy substitutes "thickest fruit" for "thickset fruit."

Tempo markings: "Allegretto"

Performance instructions: At the beginning of the second stanza, the tempo changes to "Andantino." Then, at the beginning of the line "Work it in gold and silver grapes" it switches back to "Allegretto."

Dedication: "to Lucille Allison Kennedy"

Format 1: musical score

6 pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "My heart is like a singing bird : for high voice and piano." Bowling Green State University, http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b2800797~S9. Accessed 31 Mar. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

Record: CRM-birthday-kennedy

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