"May" [Ed. Sachs]

"May" [Ed. Sachs]

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

Sachs, Ed.; music (United Kingdom, a.k.a. Charles Arthur Rawlings, 1858-1919)

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

1892 [copyright]; 1893 [publication]

London: Joseph Williams

genre: song|choral music

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Composition history: “By permission of Mssrs. Macmillan and Co.”

Tempo markings: "Andantino"; quarter note = 80

Notes: "Published under the name "Ed. Sachs" in a collection titled "A Collection of Four-Part Songs for S.A.T.B."; the British Library catalogue lists Charles Rawlings as the composer. Reviewed in "Magazine of Music" (April 1893:80) (Ives DM119).

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM119

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

Cataloguer: Kevin Batsinduka, University of Ottawa

musical score: British Library

Record: CRM-mayicannottell-sachs

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

"Copyright 1892 by Joseph Williams."

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