"Work and Play" [Carl Wilhelm]

"Work and Play" [Carl Wilhelm]

First line of lyrics: A pocket handkerchief to hem

Wilhelm, Carl; music

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

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

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

genre: children's music|song

solo: voice

chorus: children's unison chorus

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'A pocket handkerchief to hem'"

Tempo markings: "Allegretto"

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" (1901). It is in a section called "Work." 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).

Format 1: musical score

1 page

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Primer of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 74. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/modmusserprimer00smith. Accessed 3 Jun 2021.

Record: CRM-pockethandkerchief-wilhelm

File(s): CRM-pockethandkerchief-wilhelm.pdf

"Copyright, 1898, 1899, 1900 | By Scott, Foresman & Company | Copyright, 1901 | By Silver, Burdett & Company"

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