"Bird or Beast" [Martin Shaw]

"Bird or Beast" [Martin Shaw]

First line of lyrics: Did any bird come flying

Shaw, Martin [Edward Fallas]; music (English, 1875-1958)

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

1917 [publication] [copyright]

London: J. Curwen & Sons Ltd

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Bird or Beast?"

Composition history: "By kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co."

Tempo markings: "Andante con moto"; dotted quarter note = 76

Dedication: "To Jules."

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4201

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: Anna MacDonald, University of British Columbia

musical score: Royal Academy of Music Library, London

Record: CRM-birdorbeast-shaw

"Copyright, 1917, by J. Curwen & Sons Limited"

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