"Song (Oh roses for the flush of youth)" [Lance Smith]

"Song (Oh roses for the flush of youth)" [Lance Smith]

First line of lyrics: Oh roses for the flush of youth

Smith, Lance; music (British, pseudonym, active 1896)

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

1897 [publication]

London: Weekes & Co

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Oh roses for the flush of youth")

Tempo markings: "Allegro maestoso"

Dedication: "To Miss Audrey Bevan"

Format 1: musical score

2 pages (8-9)

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM147

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

Cataloguer: Madeline Paiva and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Four Songs. Weekes & Co., 1896, pp. 8-9. British Library, London.

Record: CRM-songohroses-smith

File(s): CRM-songohroses-smith.pdf

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