Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Horace Middleton]

Title

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Horace Middleton]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Creator

Middleton, Horace; music (American, active 1920s-1940s)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

n.d.

Subject

genre: song|art song (lied)
solo: medium voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: three flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United States
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Tempo markings: "Lento quieto"
Notes: The score is a manuscript

Format

Format 1: musical score
3 pages

Source

Other data reference(s): Record for "When I am dead, my dearest." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30388301. Accessed 9 July 2020.
Record for "When I am dead, my dearest / [words by] C.G. Rossetti ; [music by] Horace Middleton." New York Public Library, http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11877993~S1. Accessed 14 July 2020.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: New York Public Library, New York

Identifier

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-middleton
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-middleton-ms.pdf

Rights

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Files

Collection

Citation

Middleton, Horace; music (American, active 1920s-1940s) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"When I am dead, my dearest" [Horace Middleton],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed September 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2724.