"The Only Child" [John Ireland]

"The Only Child" [John Ireland]

First line of lyrics: Crying, my little one

Part of: "Mother and Child"

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

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

1918 [composition] [copyright]

London: Winthrop Rogers; New York: C. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music

genre: children's music|song|song cycle

solo: medium voice

chorus: children's unison chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 2/2

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Crying, my little one, footsore and weary?'"

Place in the larger work: The second song of eight in a song cycle called "Mother and Child," settings of Christina Rossetti nursery rhymes from "Sing Song". The songs include 1. "New Born"; 2. "The Only Child"; 3. "Hope"; 4. "Skylark and Nightingale"; 5. "The Blind Boy"; 6. "Baby"; 7. "Death-Parting"; 8. "The Garland".

Tempo markings: "Moderato"; half note = 54

Recordings: "Mother and Child." 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.

Dedication: "To my sister."

Format 1: musical score

2 pages (pp. 10-11); performance time 1 minute and 44 seconds

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM229 ; Gooch and Thatcher 4335

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

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

Other data reference(s): Craggs, Stewart R. John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography and Bibliography. 2nd edition, Ashgate, 2007, p. 60.

Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: "Mother and Child." IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/wiki/Mother_and_Child_(Ireland,_John)#IMSLP285578. Accessed 3 Jan. 2017.

Record: CRM-cryingmylittleone-ireland

File(s): CRM-cryingmylittleone-ireland.pdf

"Copyright 1918, by Winthrop Rogers Ltd."; John Ireland Trust

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