"The Charmed Sleep" [Leslie Woodgate]

"The Charmed Sleep" [Leslie Woodgate]

First line of lyrics: Where sunless rivers weep

Part of: "Autumn Twilight"

Woodgate, Leslie; music (English, 1900-1961)

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

1925 [copyright] [publication]

London: Stainer & Bell Ltd.; Brisbane: G.J. Grice; New York: G. Ricordi

genre: song|song cycle

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Dream-Land"

Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle called "Autumn Twilight," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "The Charmed Sleep"; 2. "Summer Joy"; 3. "Autumn Twilight."

Tempo markings: "Moderato con moto"

Dedication: "To Lena Mason"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages (pp. 2-5)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4736

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Cataloguer: Julia Farnsworth, Virginia Ouimet, and Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa

musical score: Morriset Library, University of Ottawa, Ottawa

Record: CRM-dreamland-woodgate

File(s): CRM-dreamland-woodgate.pdf

"Copyright, 1925, by Stainer & Bell Ltd"

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