"Two Doves" [Robert Brydges Addison]

"Two Doves" [Robert Brydges Addison]

First line of lyrics: Two doves upon the selfsame branch

Addison, Robert Brydges; music (British, 1854-1920)

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

1882 [publication]

London: Stanley, Lucas, Weber, & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice|contralto

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: four sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Two doves upon the selfsame branch")

Composition history: "By kind permission of Messrs Macmillan."

Tempo markings: "Moderato."

Performance history: Advertised as sung by Miss Spenser Jones in the 1 August 1884 issue of the Musical Times (487). Performed at the Charterhouse School in 1886 (the Carthusian March 163). (Ives DM48)

Dedication: "To Miss Minna Vivian."

Notes: According to a review in the 6 October 1882 of the Literary World (219), the setting is for contralto voice in E (Ives DM48).

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM48

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

Cataloguer: Julia Farnsworth and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: British Library, London

Record: CRM-songtwodoves-addison

File(s): CRM-songtwodoves-addison.pdf

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