Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

untitled [setting of "A Birthday"] [Christine McCombe]

Title

untitled [setting of "A Birthday"] [Christine McCombe]
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
Part of: "Halcyon"

Creator

McCombe, Christine; music (Australian)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1994 [composition] [copyright]

Subject

genre: song|song cycle
solo: voice
instrumentation: guitar
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 3/4
origin: Australia
female composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"
Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle "Halcyon" which includes three settings of Rossetti poems: 1. "A Birthday"; 2. "Luscious and Sorrowful"; 3. "Three Stages."
Notes about the text: This is a setting of the first stanza of "A Birthday" only. McCombe substitutes "thickest fruit" for "thickset fruit."
Tempo markings: "Simple, lyrical"; "MM" quarter note = 54
Performance instructions: The part of the song cycle that includes the lyrics of "A Birthday" is to be played "Brightly."

Format

Format 1: musical score
3 pages (pp. 1-3)

Source

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: Australian Music Centre Library, New South Wales

Identifier

Record: CRM-birthday-mccombe

Rights

"copyright: Christine Anne McCombe 1994"
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Files

CRM-no-score-available-copyright-protected.jpg

Collection

Citation

McCombe, Christine; music (Australian) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “untitled [setting of "A Birthday"] [Christine McCombe],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2326.

Item Relations

This Item is part of a larger work that also includes Item: untitled [setting of "Luscious and Sorrowful"] [Christine McCombe]
This Item is part of a larger work that also includes Item: untitled [setting of "Three Stages"] [Christine McCombe]