"When I am dead, my dearest" [The Quaranettes]

"When I am dead, my dearest" [The Quaranettes]

First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Cuttler, Mishelle; music (Canadian)

MacKinnon, Molly; music (Canadian)

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

2020 [publication]

genre: song

quartet

instrumentation: accordion|guitar|violin|percussion

origin: Canada

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")

Composition history: "A whim became a reality – four friends, all working artists facing unemployment in the wake of COVID-19, thought it would be fun to learn some 4-part songs with which to serenade our neighbours at their doorsteps and balconies. After a rapturous reception from our East Van community, the Quarantettes took the next creative step. | We have created Dreaming Through Twilight - a joyful musical rendering of 5 poets’ meditations on death, the soul, and the sublime, set to original compositions for voice and instrumental ensemble. Our songs feature the works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, E. Pauline Johnson, Helene Johnson, and Charlotte Mary Mew, women who fought for their own corners of artistic expression and whose words resonate far beyond their own lifetimes."

Performance history: "The Quarantettes - "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." YouTube, https://youtu.be/kRpNIcm4q1E. Accessed 16 May 2022.

Recordings: The Quaranettes. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." Dreaming Through Twilight. Performance by Meaghan Chenosky, vocals, Mishelle Cuttler, vocals & accordion, Molly MacKinnon, vocals & violin, AJ Simmons, vocals, Sara Vickruck, vocals & guitar, Sally Zori, percussion. 2020. Bandcamp, https://thequarantettes.bandcamp.com/releases.

Format 1: sound recording

performance time 3 minutes and 5 seconds

Other data reference(s): "Dreaming Through Twilight." Bandcamp, https://thequarantettes.bandcamp.com/releases. Accessed 16 May 2022.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-cuttler-mackinnon

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