"Rest" [John McLeod]
Title
"Rest" [John McLeod]
First line of lyrics: O earth, lie heavily upon her eyes
Part of: "Three Nocturnes"
Creator
McLeod, John; music (Scottish, born 1934)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1959 [composition]
Publisher
Glasgow: Scottish Music Archive
Subject
genre: song|song cycle
solo: tenor|soprano
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 2/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Rest"
Place in the larger work: The second song of three in the song cycle called "Three Nocturnes," which includes 1. "Here Sleeps"; 2. "Rest" (Christina Rossetti); 3. "Now sleeps the crimson petal" (Alfred, Lord Tennyson).
Tempo markings: "Adagio"
Dedication: "To Raimund Gilvan"
Format
Format 1: musical score
7 pages (pp. 11-17)
Source
Other data reference(s): "Three nocturnes for tenor or soprano and piano." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880397190. Accessed 24 August 2020.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: British Library, London
Identifier
Record: CRM-rest-mcleod
Rights
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Citation
McLeod, John; music (Scottish, born 1934) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Rest" [John McLeod],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2791.