"Bitter for Sweet" [A.E. Horrocks]

"Bitter for Sweet" [A.E. Horrocks]

First line of lyrics: Summer is gone with all its roses

Horrocks, A.E. [Amy Elise]; music (English, 1867-1919)

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

1895 [publication] [copyright]

London: Joseph Williams

genre: song

duet: two treble voices

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Bitter for Sweet"

Composition history: "by kind permission of the Authoress and Messrs. Macmillan & Co."

Tempo markings: "Moderato."; quarter note = 80

Notes: From a series of two-part songs for treble voices called "St. Cecilia."

Format 1: musical score

6 pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "Bitter for sweet. [Two-part song.] Words by C. Rossetti. Op. 18. No. 3." British Library Catalogue, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004421729. Accessed 24 July 2020.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: British Library, London

Opus: 18, number 3

Record: CRM-bitterforsweet-horrocks

File(s): CRM-bitterforsweet-horrocks.pdf

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