"My heart is like a singing bird" [Karl Reden]

"My heart is like a singing bird" [Karl Reden]

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

Reden, Karl; music (American, a.k.a. Charles Crozat Converse, 1832-1918)

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

1867 [publication]

New York: Schirmer

genre: song|ballad

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: four flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Notes about the text: The lyrics "My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit" are repeated three times. The lyrics "My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon sea" are repeated twice, as are the lyrics "My heart is gladder than all these because my love is come to me." The lyrics "In leaves, and silver fleur de-lys" are repeated twice, and after these lyrics, the first four lines of the poem are repeated, followed by the last lines of the poem.

Tempo markings: "Andantino"

Dedication: "To Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg"

Format 1: musical score

5 pages (pp. 3-7)

Other data reference(s): Record for "My heart is like a singing bird." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1038121208. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: Boston Public Library, Boston

Record: CRM-birthday-reden

File(s): CRM-birthday-reden.pdf

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