"A birthday" [Tony Noakes]
Title
"A birthday" [Tony Noakes]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Creator
Noakes, Tony; music (English, born 1935)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1998 August [composition]
Subject
genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 2/2
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; half note = 60
Dedication: "For Alan Reddish on his 70th birthday"
Format
Format 1: musical score
2 pages
Source
Other data reference(s): Record for "A birthday [music] : op. 90, no. 2 / [words by] Christina Rossetti ; [music by] Tony Noakes." State Library of Western Australia, http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b2924528~S2. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: State Library of Western Australia, Perth
Identifier
Record: CRM-birthday-noakes
Rights
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Files
Collection
Citation
Noakes, Tony; music (English, born 1935) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A birthday" [Tony Noakes],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2312.