"A pause" [Josef Alexander]
Title
"A pause" [Josef Alexander]
Part of: "Rossettiana: a celebration"
Creator
Alexander, Josef; music (American, 1908-1992)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1982 [composition]
Subject
genre: song|song cycle
solo: soprano
instrumentation: string quartet
origin: United States
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "A Pause"
Place in the larger work: The third song of five in the song cycle "Rossettiana," which includes 1. "Venus's looking glass"; 2. "Dream love"; 3. "A pause"; 4. "Moonshine"; 5. "A birthday."
Composition history: "Commissioned by 'The Bohemians' (New York Musicians Club)--for its 75th anniversary 1982" (Record for "Rossettiana : a celebration : song cycle : for soprano and string quartet").
Notes: Manuscript score.
Format
Format 1: musical score
Source
Other data reference(s): Record for "Rossettiana : a celebration : song cycle : for soprano and string quartet." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34170460. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
Identifier
Record: CRM-pause-alexander
Rights
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Collection
Citation
Alexander, Josef; music (American, 1908-1992) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A pause" [Josef Alexander],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 15, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2346.
Item Relations
This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Moonshine" [Josef Alexander] |
This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "A birthday" [Josef Alexander] |
Item: "Venus's looking glass" [Josef Alexander] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |
Item: "Dream love" [Josef Alexander] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |