"Did one but know" [Maude Valérie White]

"Did one but know" [Maude Valérie White]

First line of lyrics: I wish I could remember that first day

White, Maude Valérie; music (English, born in France, 1855-1937)

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

n.d.

London: Chappell & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Monna Innominata"

Notes about the text: Adaption of the sonnet "I wish I could Remember" with slight alterations ("slip away" becomes "pass away"; addition of "That first moment/That first day" after poem's line 5; "That would not blossom for many a May" becomes "That would not blossom yet/For many, many a year"; alterations in last four lines of poem).

Composition history: "The words printed by permission of Messrs Macmillan & Co."

Tempo markings: "Allegretto ma non troppo."

Performance instructions: "(To be sung after the manner of Neapolitan Canzone.)"

Dedication: "To K.C."

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM135

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

Cataloguer: Anna MacDonald, University of British Columbia

musical score: Royal Academy of Music Library, London

Record: CRM-monnainnominata-white

File(s): CRM-monnainnominata-white.pdf

"May be sung without fee or license."

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