"The Swallow" [Anonymous]

"The Swallow" [Anonymous]

First line of lyrics: Fly away, fly away, over the sea

Anonymous; music (rote tune)

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

1914 [copyright] [publication]

New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company

genre: song|children's music

solo: voice

chorus: children's unison chorus

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 2/4

origin: United States

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Fly away, fly away over the sea'"

Composition history: This setting is included in the 1914 book entitled “First Year Music: Rote Songs for Kindergarten and First Year,” edited by Hollis Dann, Mus. D., Professor of Music and Head of the Department of Music at Cornell University. The setting may have been composed by Dann, who writes in the Preface: "This book is intended to furnish suitable and attractive song material for the first year in music, together with directions for the presentation of the same. | The editor's special thanks are due to Miss Laura Bryant, Director of Music, and to the teachers in the Ithaca Schools, for invaluable assistance in trying out material. | Special care has been taken that the accompaniments should be simple and artistic. For expert assistance in this part of the work the editor is indebted to Mr. Arthur Edward Johnstone, who has assumed the task of revision where necessary, or (in certain instances) of providing entirely new accompaniments."

Tempo markings: "Allegretto"

Format 1: musical score

1 page

Other data reference(s): First Year Music: Rote Songs for Kindergarten and First Year. W.J. Gage and Company, edited by Hollis Dann, 1914.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: "The Swallow." First Year Music: Rote Songs for Kindergarten and First Year. W.J. Gage and Company, 1914, p. 51. Westminster College, New Wilmington

Record: CRM-flyawayflyaway-anonymous

File(s): CRM-flyawayflyaway-anonymous.pdf

"Copyright, 1914 by Hollis Dann"

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