Christina Rossetti In Music

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"Now is Winter" [William Blair]

Title

"Now is Winter" [William Blair]
First line of lyrics: Now is winter and now is sorrow

Creator

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

Date

1915 [publication] [copyright]

Publisher

Cincinnati: John Church Company

Subject

genre: song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: five flats
initial time signature: 2/4
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "'Where shall I find a white rose blowing?'"
Composition history: "Words used by permission of Little, Brown & Co., Boston"
Tempo markings: "Slowly, with great breadth and dignity"; quarter note = 46
Dedication: "Dedicated to Christine Warnock Holmes"

Format

Format 1: musical score
3 pages

Source

Other data reference(s): "Now is winter: song." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47034370. Accessed 29 January 2021.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Baylor University Libraries, Waco

Identifier

Record: CRM-whereshallifind-blair
File(s): CRM-whereshallifind-blair.pdf

Rights

"Copyright MCMXV by the John Church Company International Copyright"
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Citation

Blair, William; music and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Now is Winter" [William Blair],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3012.