"Who has seen the wind?" [Violet Archer]

"Who has seen the wind?" [Violet Archer]

First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?

Part of: "Children Singing"

Archer, Violet; music (Canadian, 1913-2000)

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

1993 [copyright]

Violet Archer; G.V. Thompson

genre: song|children's music|song cycle

chorus: children's unison chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: Canada

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"

Place in the larger work: The fifth of six songs in a song cycle called "Children Singing" that include 1. "I Had a Little Pony" (anonymous); 2. "The Cow" (Robert Louis Stevenson); 3. "How Doth the Little Crocodile" (Lewis Carroll); 4. "The Yak" (Hillaire Belloc); 5. "Who has seen the wind?" (Christina Rossetti); 6. "Mes Oreilles, Quelle Merveille!" (Sister Thérèse, Potvin S.A.S.V.).

Composition history: "Commissioned by the Alberta Kodály Association"

Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = 72

Performance history: "Premier Performance March 6, 1993, at the Conference of the Aberta Kodàly Association in Edmonton, Alberta"

Format 1: musical score

3 pages; complete song cycle performance time 9 minutes.

Other data reference(s): "Violet Archer." Canadian Music Center, http://collections.cmccanada.org/final/Portal/Composer-Showcase.aspx?component=AF-Query-Composer&record=1a45d683-9ad7-4840-8b04-74a33e3465b4. Accessed 13 Jul 2020.

Cataloguer: Jacob Spence and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: Canadian Music Center, Toronto.

Record: CRM-whohasseen-archer

"© 1993 Violet Archer"

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