"Babylon the Great" [Sidney Homer]

"Babylon the Great" [Sidney Homer]

First line of lyrics: Foul is she and ill-favoured, set askew

Homer, Sidney; music (American, 1864-1953)

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

1914 [copyright]

New York: G. Schirmer

genre: art song (lied)|song

solo: high voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - solo: low voice

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Babylon the Great"

Tempo markings: "Adagio"

Performance instructions: "With passion. ff"

Dedication: "Mr. G. J. S. White"

Notes: "Low in C Minor. High in E Minor Original"

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4428

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 "Babylon the great : op. 29, no. 1, original key." Mervyn H Sterne Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham, https://uab.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01AL_UALB/17puepm/alma993660703503176. Accessed 10 Jul 2020.

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Opus: 29

Record: CRM-babylon.homer

"Copyright, 1914, G. Schirmer"

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