"Herself a Rose" [Cristine Temple-Evans]

"Herself a Rose" [Cristine Temple-Evans]

First line of lyrics: Herself a rose, who bore the Rose

Temple-Evans, Cristine; music (American, born 1950)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina (English, 1830-1894)

2015 [copyright]

Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.

genre: choral music|song

chorus: SATB voices with divisi

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Herself a rose, who bore the Rose'"

Notes about the text: In the setting, the fourth line of the second stanza in the poem (l. 9) is omitted. The first line of the poem is repeated at the end of the song.

Tempo markings: quarter note = 60

Performance instructions: On page 10 of the score, it stipulates, "CANON may be repeated as many times as desired and may be sung by soloists." For the last three bars, "in the absence of low C basses, all basses sing the top bass C."

Recordings: She Herself a Rose. Performance by Arizona State University Choir, Bartlett R. Evans, conductor. Santa Barbara Music Publishing, https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1265. Accessed 9 Mar. 2021.

Dedication: "For the Arizona State University Concert Choir, Bart Evans, Conductor"

Format 1: musical score

9 pages; performance time 4 minutes

Cataloguer: Genevieve Benson, University Ottawa

Musical score: Santa Barbara Music Publishing, https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1265. Accessed 9 Mar. 2021.

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Herself a Rose." Santa Barbara Music Publishing, https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1265. Accessed 9 March 2021.

Record: CRM-herselfarose-temple-evans

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