"I Think My Love So Fair" [Laura Farnell]

"I Think My Love So Fair" [Laura Farnell]

First line of lyrics: It is not for her even brow and shining yellow hair

Farnell, Laura; music (American)

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

Burns, Robert; music (Scottish, 1759-1796)

2007 [copyright]

Alliance Music Publications, Inc.

genre: song

chorus: men’s TB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("It is not for her even brow")

Work contains texts by multiple authors

Notes about the text: In addition to setting Rossetti's poem, the composer also adapts lines from Robert Burns' poem "A Red, Red Rose."

Tempo markings: quarter note = c. 88-92; "legato with rubato"

Format 1: musical score

Other data reference(s): "I Think My Love So Fair." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/I-Think-My-Love-So-Fair/10053266.item#/. Accessed 26 May 2022.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-songitisnot-farnell

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