"Remember" [Daniel Ruyneman]

"Remember" [Daniel Ruyneman]

First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away

Ruyneman, Daniel; music (Dutch, 1886-1963)

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

1949 April [composition]; 1949 [publication]

Amsterdam: Foundation Donemus

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 5/8

origin: Netherlands

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Remember"

Tempo markings: "Easy but not quickly"; quarter note = 108

Performance instructions: "These melodies may be sung either by a male or female voice."

Notes: The fifth song in a 2-volume song collection called "Seven melodies for voice and piano." Volume I includes: 1. 'Why is my verse' (William Shakespeare); 2. 'On hearing the Dies Irae sung in the Sistine Chapel' (Oscar Wilde); 3. 'To a child dancing in the wind' (W.B. Yeats). Volume II includes: 4. 'The everlasting voices' (W.B. Yeats); 5. 'Remember' (C.G. Rossetti); 6. 'April' (William Shakespeare); 7. 'On a day, alack the day' (William Shakespeare).

Format 1: musical score

5 pages (pp. 4-8)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4698

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Other data reference(s): "Seven melodies for voice and piano, 1949." Worldcat, http://www.worldcat.org/title/seven-melodies-for-voice-and-piano-1949/oclc/858901939&referer=brief_results. Accessed 29 September 2018.
"Seven melodies : for voice and piano, 1949, Volume II / Daniël Ruyneman." Donemus, https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/5311. Accessed 1 November 2018.

Cataloguer: Robyn Finlay, University of Ottawa

musical score: Ruyneman, Daniel. "Remember." Seven melodies: for voice and piano, Volume II. Foundation Donemus, 1949, pp. 4-8. The University of Victoria, McPherson Library

Record: CRM-remember-ruyneman

File(s): CRM-remember-ruyneman.pdf

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