"Sound Sleep" [Maria Tiddeman]

"Sound Sleep" [Maria Tiddeman]

First line of lyrics: Some are laughing

Tiddeman, Maria; music (English, 1837-1915)

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

1869 [publication] [copyright]

London: J.B. Cramer & Company

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Sound Sleep"

Tempo markings: "Andante"

Dedication: "In Memoriam | Adelaide Anne Procter"

Notes: "Reviewed in the Musical Times (1 May 1869: 87)" (Ives DM13).

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM13; Gooch and Thatcher 4803

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

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

Other data reference(s): "Sound Sleep. Song [begins: "Some are laughing"], written by C. Rossetti." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/497264677. Accessed 5 April 2022.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: British Library, London

Record: CRM-soundsleep-tiddeman

File(s): CRM-soundsleep-tiddeman.pdf

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