"The First Spring Day" [Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset]

"The First Spring Day" [Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset]

First line of lyrics: I wonder if the sap is stirring yet

Somerset, Henry Richard Charles, Lord; music (English, 1849-1932)

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

1885 [publication]

London: Chappell & Co.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "The First Spring Day"

Composition history: "The words printed by kind permission of Messrs Macmillan & Co."

Tempo markings: "Moderato"

Format 1: musical score

6 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM132; Gooch and Thatcher 4421

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

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Cataloguer: Abbey Jurgeneit & Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Ferdinand Postma Library, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Record: CRM-firstspringday-somerset

File(s): CRM-firstspringday-somerset.pdf

"May be sung without fee or license."

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