"The First Spring Day" [Montague Phillips]

"The First Spring Day" [Montague Phillips]

First line of lyrics: I wonder if the sap is stirring yet

Phillips, Montague F.; music (English, 1885-1969)

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

1954 [publication] [copyright]

London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, Chappell & Co. Ltd.

genre: song|choral music

chorus: women's SSA chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "The First Spring Day"

Tempo markings: "Allegretto" quarter note = 96

Format 1: musical score

Contains tonic sol-fa notation

8 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4420

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

Other data reference(s): “The first spring day: three-part song for female voices, op. 72, no. 4.” WorldCat, https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/696159676. Accessed 19 Oct. 2018.

Cataloguer: Abbey Jurgeneit and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Reid Music Library, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Opus: 74, number 2

Record: CRM-firstspringday-phillips

File(s): CRM-firstspringday-phillips.pdf

"Copyright 1954 by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd., 16 Mortimer Street, London, W.I."

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