"A Lament" [Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

"A Lament" [Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

First line of lyrics: Why were you born when the snow was falling?

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel; music (English, 1875-1912)

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

1910 [copyright] [publication]

London: G. Ricordi & Company

genre: song

solo: high voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 4/4|12/8

other version 1 - solo: low voice

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Dirge" ("Why were you born when the snow was falling?")

Notes about the text: "Words by Christina Rossetti by permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co. Ltd."

Tempo markings: "Molto moderato ed espressivo"

Notes: No. 1 in B [flat] (high voice); No. 2 in G (original) (low voice)

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

Reference: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/

Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson, University of Ottawa

musical score for high voice: Royal Academy of Music Library, London

musical score for low voice: New York Public Library, New York

Record: CRM-dirge-coleridge-taylor

File(s): CRM-dirge-coleridge-taylor-high.pdf; CRM-dirge-coleridge-taylor-low.pdf

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