"A Birthday" [Joseph Roff]
Title
"A Birthday" [Joseph Roff]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Creator
Roff, Joseph; music (American, 1910-1993)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1959 [publication]
Publisher
New York: Leeds Music Corporation
Subject
genre: song|choral music
chorus: women's SSA chorus
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one sharp
initial time signature: 6/8
origin: United States
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Notes about the text: Roff substitutes "thickest" for "thickset." The line "Because the birthday of my life is come" is repeated.
Tempo markings: "Moderato"; dotted quarter note = 76
Dedication: "Dedicated to the Glee Club of St. Joseph's Academy, Brentwood, L.I."
Format
Format 1: musical score
5 pages (pp. 2-6)
Source
Other data reference(s): Record for "A Birthday. ( ... S. S. A.) Text by Christina Rossetti, etc." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004617151. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: The British Library, London
Identifier
Record: CRM-birthday-roff
Rights
"Copyright MCMLIX by LEEDS MUSIC CORPORATION"
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Citation
Roff, Joseph; music (American, 1910-1993) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A Birthday" [Joseph Roff],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2301.