"Is the moon tired?" [Felix Swinstead]
Title
"Is the moon tired?" [Felix Swinstead]
First line of lyrics: Is the moon tired? She looks so pale
Part of: "Sing-Song Cycle"
Creator
Swinstead, Felix Gerald; music (English, 1880-1959)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1907 [publication] [copyright], 1918 [copyright]
Publisher
Leipzig: Charles Avison Ltd. [1907]; London: The Anglo-French Music Co. Ltd. [1918]
Subject
genre: children's music|song|song cycle
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one sharp
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "'Is the moon tired? she looks so pale'"
Place in the larger work: The fourth song in the 1907 publication and the fifth in the 1918 publication of eight in the song cycle called "Sing-Song Cycle," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love me,- I love you"; 2. "The Ladybird"; 3. "The Maid and the Ferry"; 4.(1907 pub.), 5.(1918 pub.) "Is the Moon Tired?"; 4.(1918 pub.), 5.(1907 pub.) "When a Mounting Skylark Sings"; 6. "Will the Ships go Down?"; 7. "If I were a Queen"; 8. "Minnie and Mattie and May".
Composition history: The second known setting of “Sing-Song”. The first is by Mary Carmichael (Ives DM175-DM182). "by permission of Messrs Macmillan & Co Ltd"
Tempo markings: "Andante tranquillo"; quarter note = 60
Dedication: "To Bessie Cartwright"
Notes: "Key signature G" (Ives DM178)
Format
Format 1: musical score
1 pages (p. 8 in 1907 publication) (p. 10 in 1918 publication)
Source
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4502; Ives DM178
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Cataloguer: Anna MacDonald, University of British Columbia; Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score (1918 publication): Royal Academy of Music Library, London
Identifier
Record: CRM-isthemoontired-swinstead
Rights
"Copyright 1907, by Felix Swinstead. Copyright 1918 by The Anglo-French Music Co. Ltd."
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Citation
Swinstead, Felix Gerald; music (English, 1880-1959) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Is the moon tired?" [Felix Swinstead],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2678.
Item Relations
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "When a mounting skylark sings" [Felix Swinstead] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Will the ships go down?" [Felix Swinstead] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "If I were a Queen" [Felix Swinstead] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Minnie and Mattie and May" [Felix Swinstead] |
| Item: "Love me,- I love you" [Felix Swinstead] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |
| Item: "The Ladybird" [Felix Swinstead] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |
| Item: "The Maid and the Ferry" [Felix Swinstead] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |