"First Love" [A.E. Horrocks]

"First Love" [A.E. Horrocks]

First line of lyrics: I cannot tell you how it was

Horrocks, A.E. [Amy Elise]; music (English, 1867-1919)

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

1892 [publication] [copyright]

London: Joseph Williams

genre: song|art song (lied)

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: four sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "May" ("I cannot tell you how it was")

Composition history: "By kind permission of Mssrs Macmillan & Co."

Tempo markings: "Allegretto." quarter-note = 96

Dedication: "To Miss Blanche Lewin"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM109

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

Cataloguer: Kevin Batsinduka and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Royal Academy of Music, London

Opus: 10, number 3

Record: CRM-mayicannottell-horrocks

File(s): CRM-mayicannottell-horrocks.pdf

"Copyright 1892 by Joseph Williams"

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