"Two Doves" [Lord Henry Somerset]

"Two Doves" [Lord Henry Somerset]

First line of lyrics: Two doves upon the selfsame branch

Somerset, Henry Richard Charles, Lord; music (English, 1849-1932)

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

1896 [publication]

London: Chappell & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Two doves upon the selfsame branch")

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

Tempo markings: "Adagio espressivo."

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM151

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

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Cataloguer: Julia Farnsworth and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: The British Library, London

Record: CRM-songtwodoves-somerset

File(s): CRM-songtwodoves-somerset.pdf

"May be sung without fee or license."

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