"Remember" [Stephen Chatman]

"Remember" [Stephen Chatman]

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

Part of: "Two Rossetti Songs"

Chatman, Stephen; music (Canadian, born 1950)

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

1999 [composition]; 2002 [publication]

Boston: Highgate Press and Galaxy Music, divisions of ECS Publishing

genre: song|choral music|song cycle

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: five flats

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - chorus: TTBB chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: a cappella

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp

other version 2 - chorus: SSA chorus

other version 2 - instrumentation: a cappella

other version 2 - initial sharps/flats: four sharps

origin: Canada

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Remember"

Place in the larger work: The second song of two in the song cycle called "Two Rossetti Songs" which includes 1. "Song and Music" (Dante Gabriel Rossetti); 2. "Remember" (Christina Rossetti).

Notes about the text: The phrase "you understand" was added in the last line of the poem.

Composition history: "Commissioned by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, Conductor, | with assistance from the Canada Council"

Tempo markings: "Freely"; quarter note = 92-100

Performance instructions: "Conductor: Use a 'chant' conducting technique." "The entire composition may be transposed up or down one half-step."

Performance history: Premiere: October 1999, University of British Columbia (UBC) Recital Hall, Vancouver, by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, conductor.

Recordings: "Two Rossetti Songs." Due West – Music of Stephen Chatman. Performance by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, conductor, CBC Records, 2000.
"Remember." Hear My Prayer: Hymns and Anthems, performance by Choir Of St John's Elora, Noel Edison, conductor, Matthew Larkin, organ, Naxos, 2006. YouTube, uploaded by Alexandra Allen, 17 Mar. 2013, https://youtu.be/iZ23PDk5SwQ

Notes: The two songs were published separately.

Format 1: musical score

3 pages; performance time 2 minutes and 30 seconds; song cycle performance time 7 minutes

Other data reference(s): "Catalogue of Works." Stephen Chatman, www.drstephenchatman.com/works.html. Accessed 1 March 2023.
"Remember (No. 2 from "Two Rossetti Songs")." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Remember--%28No.-2-from-_QUOTE_Two-Rossetti-Songs_QUOTE_%29/3297225.item. Accessed 1 March 2023.

Cataloguer: Robyn Finlay, Emily McConkey and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score: University of Victoria Library, Victoria

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Two Rossetti Songs: No. 2 Remember." "Remember (No. 2 from "Two Rossetti Songs")." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Remember--%28No.-2-from-_QUOTE_Two-Rossetti-Songs_QUOTE_%29/3297225.item. Accessed 1 March 2023.

Record: CRM-remember-chatman

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