"My heart is like a singing bird" [Roberta Stephen]

"My heart is like a singing bird" [Roberta Stephen]

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

Part of: "Serenade: suite of songs for voice and guitar"

Stephen, Roberta; music (Canadian, born 1931)

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

2003 [publication] [copyright]

Calgary: Alberta Keys Music Publishing Co.

genre: song|song cycle

solo: voice

instrumentation: guitar

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: Canada

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle "Serenade: Suite of Songs for Voice and Guitar" which includes 1. "My Heart is Like a Singing Bird" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "Music when soft Voices Die" (Percy Bysshe Shelley); 3. "Weathers" (Thomas Hardy).

Performance instructions: A line of rhythm is included on the sheet music for the performer(s) to tap on the upper body of the guitar.

Notes: Between the settings of "A Birthday" and "Music when soft Voices Die" there's a section entitled "Vocalise" with a vocal melody but no lyrics.

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "Serenade : suite of songs for voice and guitar." University of Alberta Libraries, https://neos.library.ualberta.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5?user_id=WUAARCHIVE&searchdata1=ocn611069018. Accessed 4 Apr. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa

musical score: University of Alberta Library, Edmonton, Alberta

Record: CRM-birthday-stephen

"© 2003 Alberta Keys Music Publishing co. ltd."

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