"Nonsense Song" [Grace Wilbur Conant]

"Nonsense Song" [Grace Wilbur Conant]

First line of lyrics: If a pig wore a wig

Conant, Grace Wilbur; music (American, 1858-1948)

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

1915 [publication] [copyright]

Springfield: Milton Bradley Company

genre: children's music|song

solo: voice

chorus: children's unison chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'If a pig wore a wig'"

Performance instructions: "Humorously"

Notes: From a collection called "The Children's Year: Short and Simple Songs for Very Little Children in School and at Home" (1915). The collection includes an introduction by Grace Wilbur Conant, who also edited the book. The song is in the section called "Songs for the Seasons."

Format 1: musical score

1 page

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4481

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

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: Conant, Grace Wilbur. "Nonsense song." The Children's Year: Short and Simple Songs for Very Little Children in School and at Home, edited by Grace Wilbur Conant, Milton Bradley Company, 1915, p. 35. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/childrsho00cona/. Accessed 15 Jul 2020.

Record: CRM-ifapig-conant

File(s): CRM-ifapig-conant.jpg

"Copyright, 1915, Milton Bradley Company"

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