Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"Come to me in the Silence of the Night" [Brian Blyth Daubney]

Title

"Come to me in the Silence of the Night" [Brian Blyth Daubney]
First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night

Creator

Daubney, Brian Blyth; music (English, born 1929)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

2019 [composition]

Subject

genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: three flats
initial time signature: 3/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"
Notes about the text: In the lyrics, the word "moonlight" replaces "sunlight" in line 4 of the Rossetti poem, "give" replaces "live" in first line of stanza 3, and the next two lines in the poem (ll. 14-15) were not included in the song.

Format

Format 1: musical score
4 pages

Source

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Brian Blyth Daubney

Identifier

Record: CRM-echo-daubney
File(s): CRM-echo-daubney.pdf

Rights

This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on the website by kind permission of composer Brian Blyth Daubney.
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Files

Collection

Citation

Daubney, Brian Blyth; music (English, born 1929) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Come to me in the Silence of the Night" [Brian Blyth Daubney],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 14, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2360.