"Listening" [Samuel Liddle]
Title
"Listening" [Samuel Liddle]
First line of lyrics: She listen'd like a cushat dove
Creator
Liddle, Samuel; music (English, 1867-1951)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1900 [publication] [copyright]
Publisher
London: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.
Subject
genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: four sharps
initial time signature: 2/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Listening"
Tempo markings: "Con grazia"
Dedication: "To Christabel and Faith"
Notes: The fourth song of eight in the song collection called "Eight Christina Rossetti Poems," which includes 1. "Holy Innocents"; 2. "Somewhere or Other"; 3. "A Birthday"; 4. "Listening"; 5. Ballad"; 6. "Trust"; 7. "Boy Johnny"; 8. "Calling Me."
Format
Format 1: musical score
3 pages
Source
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4514
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
musical score: Liddle, Samuel. "Listening." Eight Christina Rossetti Poems, Boosey & Co., 1900, pp. 15-17. British Library, London
Identifier
Record: CRM-listening-liddle
File(s): CRM-listening-liddle.pdf
Rights
"Copyright, 1900, by Boosey & Co."
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Files
Collection
Citation
Liddle, Samuel; music (English, 1867-1951) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Listening" [Samuel Liddle],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2988.