Christina Rossetti In Music

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"Shall I Forget" [Viscountess Folkestone]

Title

"Shall I Forget" [Viscountess Folkestone]
First line of lyrics: Shall I forget on this side of the grave

Creator

Pleydell-Bouverie, Helen Matilda; music (English, a.k.a. Viscountess Folkestone, 1846-1928)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1888 [publication]

Publisher

London: R. Mills & Sons

Subject

genre: song|art song (lied)
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one sharp
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United Kingdom
female composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Shall I Forget?"
Tempo markings: "Andante"
Performance instructions: "con molto espressione"
Dedication: "Dedicated to Miss Fanny Robertson"

Format

Format 1: musical score
2 pages

Source

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM92
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson & Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: British Library, London

Identifier

Record: CRM-shalliforget-folkestone
File(s): CRM-shalliforget-folkestone.pdf

Rights

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Collection

Citation

Pleydell-Bouverie, Helen Matilda; music (English, a.k.a. Viscountess Folkestone, 1846-1928) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Shall I Forget" [Viscountess Folkestone],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3161.