"A Birthday" [Margaret Boyle]
Title
"A Birthday" [Margaret Boyle]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Creator
Boyle, Margaret; music (active 1914)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1914 [publication]
Publisher
London: Weeks & Co.
Subject
genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: three flats
initial time signature: 3/4
origin: United Kingdom
female composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Tempo markings: "Very brightly"; quarter note = 132
Dedication: "To you, my dear"
Notes: Published as part of a collection of settings of Rossetti poems titled "Two Songs" which includes 1. "When I am dead"; 2. "A Birthday."
Format
Format 1: musical score
3 pages (pp. 5-7)
Source
Other data reference(s): Record for "Two Songs, No. 1. When I am dead. No. 2. A Birthday. Words by C. Rossetti, etc." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004233359. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: The British Library, London
Identifier
Record: CRM-birthday-boyle
File(s): CRM-birthday-boyle.pdf
Rights
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Files
Collection
Citation
Boyle, Margaret; music (active 1914) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A Birthday" [Margaret Boyle],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed September 20, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2302.