"Somewhere or Other" [Alice Millais]

"Somewhere or Other" [Alice Millais]

First line of lyrics: Somewhere or other there must surely be

Millais, Alice; music (British, active 1884)

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

1884 [copyright] [publication]

London: Weber & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: six flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Somewhere or Other"

Composition history: "By kind permission of Messrs. MacMillan & Co."

Tempo markings: "Moderato con moto"

Dedication: "Dedicated to Mary Millais"

Notes: This work was mentioned "in the Saturday Review (11 April 1885: 487), the Academy (15 August 1885: 110), and the Theatre (2 February 1885: 101)" (Ives 270).

Format 1: musical score

8 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM52

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

Cataloguer: Pamela Cisneros, University of Ottawa

musical score: British Library, London

Record: CRM-somewhereorother-millais

File(s): CRM-somewhereorother-millais.pdf

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