"Bitter For Sweet" [John Chorbajian]

"Bitter For Sweet" [John Chorbajian]

First line of lyrics: Summer is gone with all its roses

Chorbajian, John; music (American, born 1936)

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

1970 [copyright]

New York, London: G. Schirmer Inc.

genre: choral music|song

chorus: SATB voices with divisi

instrumentation: piano (for rehearsal only)|a cappella

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Bitter for Sweet"

Tempo markings: "slow"; quarter note = "c. 54 with flexibility"

Performance instructions: "with deep feeling and melancholy"

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4237

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

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Cataloguer: Hann Scurlock, University of Ottawa

Musical Score: University of Alaska Anchorage Library, Anchorage

Record: CRM-bitterforsweet-chorbajian

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