"My Heart is Like a Singing Bird" [Henry F. Schrœder]

"My Heart is Like a Singing Bird" [Henry F. Schrœder]

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

Schroeder, Henry F.; music (English, active 1866)

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

1866 Oct. 25 [publication]

London: Dearle & Co.

genre: choral music|song|part song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Birthday"

Composition history: "By permission from Mc Millans' Magazine"

Tempo markings: "Allegretto"

Performance instructions: Piano "ad lib."

Performance history: "Sung by Mr. Henry Leslies Choir"

Format 1: musical score

7 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM4

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

Other data reference(s): Record for "My Heart Is like a Singing Bird. Part Song ... Words by C. Rossetti." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004641677. Accessed 16 Oct. 2019.

Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington and Anna Lewis, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-birthday-schroeder

File(s): CRM-birthday-schroeder.pdf

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