"The Wind has such a Rainy Sound" [Arthur Somervell]
Title
"The Wind has such a Rainy Sound" [Arthur Somervell]
First line of lyrics: The wind has such a rainy sound
Part of: "Wind Flowers"
Creator
Somervell, Arthur; music (English, 1863-1894)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1904 [publication] [copyright]
Publisher
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Subject
genre: song|song cycle
solo: contralto
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one flat
initial time signature: 3/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "'The wind has such a rainy sound'"
Place in the larger work: The third song of ten in the song cycle called "Wind Flowers," which includes 1. "Twist me a Crown of Wind Flowers" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "High over the Breakers" (Sidney Dobell); 3. "The Wind has such a rainy Sound" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "Hope is like a Harebell" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "Two Doves on the self-same Branch" (Christina Rossetti); 6. "Music, when soft Voices die" (Percy Shelley); 7. "When a mounting Skylark sings" (Christina Rossetti); 8. "Going to Bed" (R.L. Stevenson); 9. "Windy Nights" (R.L. Stevenson); 10. "Finale."
Composition history: "By kind permission of Mssrs. Macmillan & Co."
Tempo markings: "Vivace"
Format
Format 1: musical score
3 pages (pp. 13-15)
Source
Reference: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/
Cataloguer: Julia Farnsworth, Mary Arseneau, and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
Somervell, Arthur. "Wind Flowers." International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/Wind_Flowers_(Somervell%2C_Arthur). Accessed 6 April 2018.
Identifier
Record: CRM-songtwodoves-somervell
File(s): CRM-songtwodoves-somervell.pdf
Rights
"Copyright © Boosey & Co 1903."
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Files
Collection
Citation
Somervell, Arthur; music (English, 1863-1894) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"The Wind has such a Rainy Sound" [Arthur Somervell],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 17, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2876.
Item Relations
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Hope is like a Harebell" [Arthur Somervell] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Two Doves on the self-same Branch" [Arthur Somervell] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "When a mounting Skylark sings" [Arthur Somervell] |
| Item: "Twist me a Crown of Wind Flowers" [Arthur Somervell] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |