"A Birthday" [Lewis Carey]

"A Birthday" [Lewis Carey]

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

Carey, Lewis; music (British, a.k.a. Lucie Johnstone, active 1906)

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

1906 [publication] [copyright]

London: Boosey & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Notes about the text: The line "Because the birthday of my life is come" is repeated.

Tempo markings: "Giajoso"

Dedication: "Dedicated to and sung by Madame Clara Butt"

Notes: The full text of the poem is included at the beginning of the score "printed by kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co."

Format 1: musical score

4 pages (pp. 2-5)

Other data reference(s): Record for "A Birthday. Song, the words by C. Rossetti." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004255577. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-birthday-carey

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

A statement on the cover of the score says "This song may be sung in public without fee or license. But public performance by gramophone or other mechanical reproductions are not permitted. The public performance of any parodied version of this song is strictly prohibited."

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