"January and February" [unknown composer]

"January and February" [unknown composer]

First line of lyrics: January desolate

Unknown; music

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

1898, 1899, 1900, 1901 [copyright], 1929 [publication] [copyright]

Scott, Foresman and Company; New York, Newark, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco: Silver, Burdett and Company

genre: children's music|song

solo: voice

chorus: children's unison chorus

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 2/4

other version 1 - solo: voice

other version 1 - chorus: children's unison chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: three flats

origin: United States

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'January cold desolate'"

Notes about the text: This song is a setting of stanza 1 only. In the lyrics, the word "cold" in line 1 of the poem is omitted, as well as "all" in line 2.

Tempo markings: "Moderato" (1929 publication)

Notes: This song is one of fourteen settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, first volume "A Primer of Vocal Music." It is in a section called "Songs of the Seasons." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them" (1898-1901). The song was then published in the collection "The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade" (1929) by Osbourne McConathy, Formerly Director of the Department of Public School Music, Northwestern University; W. Otto Miessner, Director of Public School Music, Chicago Musical College; Edward Bailey Birge, Professor of Public School Music, Indiana University; Mabel E. Bray, Director of the Department of Music, State Teachers College of Trenton, New Jersey. It is categorized for "The First Grade" in a section called "Nature and Seasonal." "Grateful acknowledgment is also due to Mrs. Emma Grant Meader of the State Normal School, New Haven, Connecticut, and Teachers College, Columbia University, for her selection and supervision of the choice of poetry; Mrs. Florence E. Dangerfield, Director of he Department of Physical Education, Bradford Academy, Haverhill, Massachusetts, for her assistance in correlating rhythmic activities with the vocal music lesson; [...] and especially the poets and composers who have graciously contributed to the book as an expression of their love for little children" ("Acknowledgments" p. vi). This book includes eight settings of poems by Christina Rossetti, three of which were first published in Eleanor Smith's volume.

Format 1: musical score

1 page

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4503

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Other data reference(s): "Acknowledgments." The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade, edited by Osbourne McConathy, et al., Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929, p. vi.

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score (1901): Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 49. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.

Musical score (1929): The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade, edited by Osbourne McConathy, et al., Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929, p. 49. Western Connecticut State University Libraries, Danbury.

Record: CRM-januarycold-unknown

File(s): CRM-januarycold-unknown-1901.pdf; CRM-januarycold-unknown-1929.pdf

"Copyright, 1898, 1899, 1900 | By Scott, Foresman & Company | Copyright, 1901 | By Silver, Burdett & Company" for the collection "A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series."
"Copyright, 1929, by Silver, Burdett and Company" for the collection "The Music Hour in the Kindergarten and First Grade", which states "This volume contains much original matter which is covered by the copyright of the book and must not be used without special permission."

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