"Love's Lament" [Michael Head]

"Love's Lament" [Michael Head]

First line of lyrics: Why were you born when the snow was falling?

Head, Michael Dewar; music (English, 1900-1975)

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

1926 [copyright] [publication]

London: Boosey & Co.

genre: song|art song (lied)

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: four flats

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Dirge" ("Why were you born when the snow was falling?")

Tempo markings: "Andante"

Dedication: "To my Mother"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4349

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: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa

musical score: Head, Michael. Michael Head Song Album, Volume II: Songs of Romance and Delight. Boosey & Hawkes, 1953. Private collection of Charlotte Stewart.

Record: CRM-dirge-head

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