"Somewhere or other" [Samuel Liddle]

"Somewhere or other" [Samuel Liddle]

First line of lyrics: Somewhere or other there must surely be

Liddle, Samuel; music (English, 1867-1951)

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

1900 [publication] [copyright]

London: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: five sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Somewhere or Other"

Tempo markings: "Adagio"

Dedication: "To Christabel and Faith"

Notes: The second 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 1: musical score

3 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4725

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. "Somewhere or Other." Eight Christina Rossetti Poems, Boosey & Co., 1900, pp. 5-7. British Library, London

Record: CRM-somewhereorother-liddle

File(s): CRM-somewhereorother-liddle.pdf

"Copyright, 1900, by Boosey & Co."

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