"A Birthday" [Herbert Oliver]

"A Birthday" [Herbert Oliver]

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

Oliver, Herbert; music (English, 1883-1950)

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

1907 [publication]

London: Hutchings & Romer

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Notes about the text: The first stanza is repeated at the end of the piece.

Tempo markings: "Allegro giojoso"

Performance instructions: A note on the cover page of the score states that this piece was "sung by Miss Carmen Hill."

Dedication: "Dedicated to Made. Liza Lehmann"

Notes: A note on the cover page of the score says "words by Christina Rossetti by kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co."

Format 1: musical score

6 pages (pp. 2-7)

Other data reference(s): Record for "A Birthday. Song, words by C. Rossetti, etc." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004561730. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-birthday-oliver

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

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