"Summer" [Paul Sturman]

"Summer" [Paul Sturman]

First line of lyrics: Winter is cold-hearted

Part of: "Seasons"

Sturman, Paul; music (British)

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

1974 [publication]

London: Edwin Ashdown Ltd.

genre: choral music|song|song cycle

chorus: unison chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Summer"

Place in the larger work: The second song of four in the song cycle called "Seasons," which includes 1. "Spring" (Sir John Davies); 2. "Summer" (Christina Rossetti); 3. "Autumn" (Joshua Sylvester); 4. "Winter" (Anonymous).

Tempo markings: dotted half note = 80

Performance instructions: "Flowing and lively"

Notes: The song cycle is number 96 in a series called "Unison Songs."

Format 1: musical score

7 pages (pp. 5-11); complete song cycle performance time 6 minutes

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4810

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

Other data reference(s): "Seasons" British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/seasons-1. Accessed 28 March 2022.
"Seasons : unison songs no. 96." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84643814. Accessed 28 March 2022.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Northwestern University Music Library, Edmonton, Illinois

Record: CRM-summer-sturman

"Copyright MCMLXXIV by Edwin Ashdown Ltd, LONDON. NW2 6QR. | EA 37625"

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