"Song" [Elaine Hugh-Jones]

"Song" [Elaine Hugh-Jones]

First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Part of: "The Silent Land"

Hugh-Jones, Elaine, music (British, 1927-2021)

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

1997 [composition]

genre: song

solo: medium voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: five sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")

Place in the larger work: The second song of two in the song cycle called "The Silent Land," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Remember"; 2. "Song."

Tempo markings: quarter note = 60

Performance instructions: "Mesto - ma con moto"

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "The Silent Land." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1113626224. Accessed 20 September 2021.

Cataloguer: Genevieve Benson and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Trinity Laban, Jerwood Library of the Performing Arts, London

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: “Song.” British Music Collection, britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/song-23. Accessed 8 March 2021.

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-hugh-jones

"1998 © Elaine Hugh-Jones"

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