Christina Rossetti In Music

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"My Heart is like a singing Bird" [Walter Ruel Cowles]

Title

"My Heart is like a singing Bird" [Walter Ruel Cowles]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird

Creator

Cowles, Walter Ruel; music (American, 1881-1968)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1910 [publication]

Publisher

New York: H. W. Gray Co

Subject

genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: five flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United States
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Tempo markings: "Allegro appassionata"
Dedication: "To Mrs. Grosvenor Ely"

Format

Format 1: musical score
4 pages

Source

Other data reference(s): Record for "My Heart is like a singing Bird. [Song, words by] C. Rossetti, etc." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004285270. Accessed 4 Apr. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: The British Library, London

Identifier

Record: CRM-birthday-cowles
File(s): CRM-birthday-cowles.pdf

Rights

"Copyright, 1910, by The H.W. Gray Co."
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Files

Collection

Citation

Cowles, Walter Ruel; music (American, 1881-1968) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"My Heart is like a singing Bird" [Walter Ruel Cowles],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2323.