"A birthday song" [Beatrice Phillips]
Title
"A birthday song" [Beatrice Phillips]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Creator
Phillips, Beatrice; music (American, 1915-2005)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1945-1952 ca [publication]
Subject
genre: song
solo: medium voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 6/8
origin: United States
female composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Tempo markings: "Allegro giocoso"
Performance history: A note on the score mentions a performance: "Broadcast 15th March 1952 3LO by Mary Lilley - Marjorie Smith accompanist."
Format
Format 1: musical score
2 pages
Source
Other data reference(s): Record for "A birthday song [music] / words by Christina Rossetti ; music by Beatrice Phillips." University of Melbourne Library, http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au:80/record=b2702236~S30. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: University of Melbourne Library, Melbourne, Australia
Identifier
Record: CRM-birthday-phillips
Rights
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Files
Collection
Citation
Phillips, Beatrice; music (American, 1915-2005) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A birthday song" [Beatrice Phillips],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2314.