"A Pageant of the Months" [Colin Taylor]

"A Pageant of the Months" [Colin Taylor]

First line of lyrics: Here's butter for my hunch of bread

Taylor, Colin; music (English, 1881-1973)

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

1911 [copyright] [publication]

London: Novello and Company, Limited

genre: song|song cycle|choral music|children's music

solo: voice

chorus: unison chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 2/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "The Months: A Pageant"

Notes about the text: Each song in Taylor's "A Pageant of the Months" sets a section of Rossetti's poem "The Months: A Pageant." The songs are titled as follows: 1. "Robin Redbreast (January)"; 2. "Snowdrop and Lamb (February)"; 3. "The March Wind (March)"; 4. "Sparrows in a Tree (April). 1st Song"; 5. "Fledglings (April). 2nd Song"; 6. "Bird Song (May)"; 7. "Summer Slumber Song (June)"; 8. "Storm Song (July); 9. "Little Brothers (August)"; 10. "Lament (September). 1st Song"; 11. "Lilies (September). 2nd Song"; 12. "Autumn Song (October); 13. "Lullaby (November)"; 14. "Ivy and Mistletoe (December)." "The words are printed by permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co., Ltd., the owners of the Copyright"

Tempo markings: "Allegretto."

Performance instructions: "Each song can be obtained separately."

Dedication: 1. "For Aymar"; 2. "For Kathleen"; 3. "For Piers"; 4. "For Desmond"; 5. "For Peggy"; 6. "For Celia"; 7. "For Mary"; 8. "For Dick"; 9. "For Felicité"; 10. "For Sybil"; 11. "For Barry"; 12. "For Peter"; 13. "For Joyce"; 14. "For Hugh (Q.S.)"

Notes: From a series called "Novello's School Songs," edited by W.G. McNaught.

Format 1: musical score

Contains tonic sol-fa notation

56 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4642

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

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

Record: CRM-monthsapageant-taylor

"Copyright, 1911, by Novello and Company, Limited."

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