"A Song of May / Mailied" [Frederic H. Cowen]

"A Song of May / Mailied" [Frederic H. Cowen]

First line of lyrics: The world and I are far too full of bliss / Des Lenzes Wonne schwellt so stark die Brust

Part of: "Two Spring Songs"

Cowen, Frederic H. [Hymen]; music (English, born in Jamaica, 1852-1935)

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

Schneider, F. H. [Friedrich Hermann]; translated text (1860-1930)

1904 [copyright] [publication]

London: Joseph Williams Limited; Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel; New York: Edward Schuberth & Co (J.F.H. Meyer)

genre: song

solo: soprano|tenor

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer|male translator

English|German

Rossetti poem(s): "The Months: A Pageant"

Place in the larger work: The first song in "Two Spring Songs" which includes 1. "A Song of May" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "Two Days Ago" (Hilda Hammond-Spencer).

Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the second of three sections entitled "May" in the poem "The Months: A Pageant," which is a script for a pageant featuring personifications of the months as characters.

Tempo markings: "Molto vivace"; quarter note = 126

Performance instructions: "Soprano (or Tenor)"

Format 1: musical score

5 pages (pp. 1-5)

Cataloguer: Anna Lewis, University of Ottawa

musical score: British Library, London

Record: CRM-monthsapageant-cowen

File(s): CRM-monthsapageant-cowen.pdf

"Copyright 1904 by Joseph Williams Ltd"

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