"A birthday" [Lewis Henry Horton]

"A birthday" [Lewis Henry Horton]

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

Horton, Lewis Henry; music (American, 1898-1978)

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

1933 [publication] [copyright], 1960 [copyright]

New York: M. Witmark & Sons

genre: song|choral music

chorus: women's SSA chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Notes about the text: After each stanza, the line "My love is come to me" is repeated. "Purple dues" is substituted for "purple dyes."

Tempo markings: "Allegretto con moto"

Performance instructions: The score notes that the piano accompaniment is "ad lib."

Format 1: musical score

6 pages

Other data reference(s): United States, Washington, Library of Congress, Copyright Office. Published Music: January-June 1960. Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, vol. 14, part 5, no. 1, 1961, p. 544. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig3145lib/page/544/mode/2up?q=Christina+Rossetti. Accessed 7 Jul. 2021.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: North Texas State College Library, Denton

Record: CRM-birthday-horton

"Copyright MCMXXXIII by M.Witmark & Sons, N.Y."

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