"When I am dead, my dearest" [Henry Festing Jones]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [Henry Festing Jones]

First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Festing Jones, Henry; music (English, 1851-1928)

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

1907 [copyright] [publication]

London: Weekes & Co.

genre: art song (lied)|song

solo: voice

instrumentation: violin|piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 2/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")

Tempo markings: "Andantino."

Dedication: "To L.I.J."

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Festing Jones, Henry. "When I am dead, my Dearest." Nine Songs, Weekes & Co., 1907, pp. 2-6. Royal Academy of Music, London

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-jones

File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-jones.pdf

"Copyright, 1907, by Henry Festing Jones."

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