"Warm Where Snowflakes Lie" [Sally Whitwell]

"Warm Where Snowflakes Lie" [Sally Whitwell]

First line of lyrics: Where are the songs I used to know

Whitwell, Sally; music (Australian, born 1974)

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

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: Australia

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "The Key-Note"

Composition history: "Through my music, I try to bring to people a sense of optimism about the world. Music has the power to uplift, to exalt, to fill people with joy and hope, so I am drawn to texts that do a similar thing. Christina Rossetti’s poem The Key-Note has this optimism, even with a gentle sting in the proverbial tail. She appreciated that everything has a season, that life happens in cycles, that in the face of the darkest Winter there is always the hope of Spring, a hope made real by the appearance of the red-breasted robin in the snow. This song is for anyone who has ever felt hopeless, disenfranchised, or unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel" ("Composer").

Tempo markings: "Tempo rubato"; quarter note = 66

Recordings: "Warm Where Snowflakes Lie." Performance by Sally Whitwell, piano, Alexandra Oomens, voice. 2015. Spotify, https://open.spotify.com/track/1p8DsEkH7Ln8YRCPaZOrtu?si=3e17c261ad984407.

Format 1: musical score

6 pages

Other data reference(s): "Composer." Sally Whitwall, http://sillywhatwell.weebly.com/composer.html. Accessed 10 March 2022.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Warm Where Snowflakes Lie." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/warm-where-snowflakes-lie-digital-sheet-music/20934059. Accessed 10 March 2022.

Record: CRM-keynote-whitwell

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