"Who has seen the wind?" [Alfred Kunz]

"Who has seen the wind?" [Alfred Kunz]

First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?

Part of: "Do You Love Me & Who Has Seen The Wind"

Kunz, Alfred; music (Canadian, 1929-2019)

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

1975 [copyright]

Waterloo: Waterloo Music Company

genre: choral music|song cycle|song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: Canada

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"

Place in the larger work: The second song of two in a song cycle called "Do You Love Me & Who Has Seen the Wind" which includes 1. "Do You Love Me or Do You Not?" (Anonymous); 2. "Who Has Seen the Wind?" (Christina Rossetti)

Composition history: "Commissioned by the Kitchener Bach Choir, Howard Dyck – conductor"

Tempo markings: "Very slow and sustained"

Performance instructions: The following instructions are noted for the beginning of each stanza: "*1 Each singer ad lib. a glissando. Some voices on note (all 1st voices – remainder on gliss – some short – some longer glissando. *2 Glissandi to specified notes."

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4885

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: Jacob Spence and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: Alfred Kunz Music, http://kunzmusic.ca/product/do-you-love-me-who-has-seen-the-wind-wl006/. Accessed 9 Oct. 2020

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Do You Love Me & Who Has Seen the Wind." http://kunzmusic.ca/product/do-you-love-me-who-has-seen-the-wind-wl006/

Record: CRM-whohasseen-kunz

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