Christina Rossetti In Music

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"The Song of August" [Catharine A. Ranken]

Title

"The Song of August" [Catharine A. Ranken]
First line of lyrics: Wheat sways heavy, oats are airy
Part of: "Twelve Songs from The Months, A Pageant, Poetry by Christina Rossetti"

Creator

Ranken, Catharine Adelaide; music (English, 1841-1918)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1882 [publication]

Publisher

London: Duncan Davison & Co.

Subject

genre: song|song cycle
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one flat
initial time signature: 6/8
origin: United Kingdom
female composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "The Months: A Pageant"
Place in the larger work: The eighth song of twelve in the song cycle called "Twelve Songs from The Months, A Pageant, Poetry by Christina Rossetti," setting of Christina Rossetti's "The Months: A Pageant." The songs in include 1. "The Song of January"; 2. "The Song of February"; 3. "The Song of March"; 4. "The Song of April"; 5. "The Song of May"; 6. "The Song of June"; 7. "The Song of July"; 8. "The Song of August"; 9. "The Song of September"; 10. "The Song of October"; 11. "The Song of November"; 12. "The Song of December".
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the first part of the "August" personification, lines 208-221.
Composition history: "By permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co."
Tempo markings: "Andantino"
Dedication: "Dedicated to Mrs. Dymond."
Notes: In a review in "The Musical World", 30 December 1882, p. 819 (Ives DM47), the composer is referred to as simply C. A. Rankin and presumed to be a man.

Format

Format 1: musical score
3 pages (pp. 23-25)

Source

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM47
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Other data reference(s): Record for "Twelve Songs, from the Months, a Pageant, Poetry by C. Rossetti." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/498797067. Accessed 28 March 2022.
Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: British Library, London

Identifier

Record: CRM-monthsapageant-ranken-8
File(s): CRM-monthsapageant-ranken-8.pdf

Rights

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Files

Collection

Citation

Ranken, Catharine Adelaide; music (English, 1841-1918) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"The Song of August" [Catharine A. Ranken],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 10, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3230.

Item Relations

This Item is part of a larger work that also includes Item: "The Song of December" [Catharine A. Ranken]
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