"What art thou thinking of?" [John Ireland]

"What art thou thinking of?" [John Ireland]

First line of lyrics: "What art thou thinking of," said the mother

Ireland, John [Nicholson]; music (English, 1879-1962)

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

1924 [composition]; 1976 [publication] [copyright]; 1981 [publication]

London: Galliard; London: Stainer & Bell Ltd

genre: song

solo: medium voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: four flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Mother and Child"

Tempo markings: "legatissimo"

Recordings: "What art thou thinking of." Songs, John Ireland. Performance by Alfreda Hodgson, contralto, Alan Rowlands, piano, recorded in association with the John Ireland Trust, vol. 3, Lyrita, 1975-1979. LP.

Notes: Published in the collection, "Lost Content and Other Songs", Galliard, London, 1976.

Format 1: musical score

6 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4645

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: Emma-Catherine Wilson and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: Ireland, John. "What art thou thinking of?" The Complete Works for Voice and Piano, vol. 2, Stainer & Bell Ltd., 1981, pp. 54-59.

Record: CRM-motherandchild-ireland

File(s): CRM-motherandchild-ireland-pdf

"© 1976 Stainer & Bell Ltd."

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