"Bitter for Sweet" [John Woolrich]

"Bitter for Sweet" [John Woolrich]

First line of lyrics: Summer is gone with all its roses

Part of: "And Winter comes"

Woolrich, John; music (British, born 1954)

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

2008 [publication] [copyright]

London: Faber Music

genre: song|song cycle

solo: mezzo-soprano

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/8

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Bitter for Sweet"

Place in the larger work: The third song of six in the song cycle called "And Winter comes," which includes 1. "Song" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "There comes a warning" (Emily Dickinson); 3. "Bitter for Sweet" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "An End" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "The Sky is low" (Emily Dickinson); 6. "I cannot meet the Spring unmoved" (Emily Dickinson).

Composition history: "And Winter comes" was commissioned by Leeds Lieder + Leeds Lieder + gratefully acknowledges the support of The Leche Trust"

Tempo markings: quarter note = 96

Performance history: "The first performance was given by Anna Stéphany and Jonathan Fisher, at the Howard Assembly Room at Opera North, on Saturday 3 October 2009."

Format 1: musical score

1 page (p. 3); complete song cycle performance time 8 minutes

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2076739. Accessed 11 August 2021.

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "And Winter comes." Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2076739. Accessed 11 August 2021.

Record: CRM-bitterforsweet-woolrich

"© 2008 by Faber Music Ltd."

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