"Eight o'clock; the postman's knock" [Sidney Homer]
Title
"Eight o'clock; the postman's knock" [Sidney Homer]
First line of lyrics: Eight o'clock
Part of: "Seventeen Lyrics from 'Sing-Song'"
Creator
Homer, Sidney; music (American, 1864-1953)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1908 [copyright]; 1910 [publication]; 1995? [republication]; 2000? [publication]
Publisher
New York: G. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music Co.; New York: Classical Vocal Reprints [1995?]; Boca Raton, Fla.: Masters Music Publications [2000?]
Subject
genre: children's music|song|song cycle
solo: high voice
chorus: children's unison chorus
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: four flats
initial time signature: 4/4
other version 1 - solo: low voice
other version 1 - chorus: children's unison chorus
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
origin: United States
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "'Eight o'clock'"
Place in the larger work: The first song of seventeen in the song cycle called "Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include in Part I, 1. "Eight o'clock; the postman's knock!"; 2. "Baby cry–Oh fie!"; 3. "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush"; 4. "Love me,–I love you"; 5. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"; 6. "Boats sail on the rivers"; 7. "In the meadow–what in the meadow!"; 8. "The dog lies in his kennel"; 9. "Lie abed, sleepy head"; 10. "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake"; in Part II, 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Dancing on the hilltops"; 3. "A pocket handkerchief to hem–"; 4. "A motherless soft lambkin"; 5. "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" ; 6. "Hurt no living thing"; 7. "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May".
Tempo markings: "Allegro"; quarter note = 104* "*All metronome-marks merely approximate."
Performance instructions: "mf gaily"
Dedication: "To my Wife and Children"
Notes: "Key signature A flat" (Ives DM183)
Format
Format 1: musical score
1 page (p. 2)
Source
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM183; Gooch and Thatcher 4392
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
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): Record for "Seventeen Lyrics from "Sing-Song" ... Op. 19, etc." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004419060. Accessed 9 Jul 2020.
Record for "Seventeen lyrics from Sing-song, op. 19." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34052317. Accessed 9 Jul 2020.
Record for "Seventeen lyrics from Sing-song by Christina Rossetti : for high voice and piano, op. 19." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681509761. Accessed 9 Jul 2020.
Record for "Seventeen lyrics from Sing-song, op. 19." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34052317. Accessed 9 Jul 2020.
Record for "Seventeen lyrics from Sing-song by Christina Rossetti : for high voice and piano, op. 19." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681509761. Accessed 9 Jul 2020.
Cataloguer: Samuel Hacker, Western University; Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score for high voice [1908]: New York Public Library. Internet Archives, http://www.archive.org/details/seventeenlyricsf00home. Accessed 1 Aug 2019.
Identifier
Opus: 19
Record: CRM-eightoclock-homer
File(s): CRM-eightoclock-homer-high.pdf
Rights
"Copyright, 1908, by G. Schirmer, Inc."
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Files
Collection
Citation
Homer, Sidney; music (American, 1864-1953) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Eight o'clock; the postman's knock" [Sidney Homer],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2700.
Item Relations
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Baby cry–Oh fie!" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Love me,–I love you" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Kookoorookoo! Kookoorookoo!" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Boats sail on the river" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "In the meadow—what in the meadow?" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "The dog lies in his kennel" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Lie abed, sleepy head" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Mix a pancake, stir a pancake" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Who has seen the wind?" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Dancing on the hilltops" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "A pocket handkerchief to hem–" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "A motherless soft lambkin" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Lullaby, oh lullaby!" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Hurt no living thing" [Sidney Homer] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Minnie and Mattie and fat little May" [Sidney Homer] |