Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"A Better Resurrection" [Jason A. Heald]

Title

"A Better Resurrection" [Jason A. Heald]
First line of lyrics: I have no wit, no work, no tears
Part of: "Five Settings by Christina Rossetti"

Creator

Heald, Jason A.; music (American, born 1958)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

2009 [copyright]

Publisher

Oakland: Call of the Wild Publishing, Jason A. Heald

Subject

genre: song cycle|art song (lied)|song|sacred music
solo: mezzo-soprano
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one flat
initial time signature: 3/4
origin: United States
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Better Resurrection"
Place in the larger work: The fourth song of five in a song cycle called "Five Settings by Christina Rossetti," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Who has seen the wind"; 2. "Sleeping at last"; 3. "When I am dead, my dearest"; 4. "A better resurrection"; 5. "A daughter of eve".
Notes about the text: The only deviation to the poem is in the first stanza, line 6, where "everlasting" is replaced by "lasting" in the song.
Tempo markings: "Moderato"
Recordings: "Five Settings by Christina Rossetti." Performance by Juth Ginelle Heald. YouTube, uploaded by Call of the Wild, 7 May 2020, youtu.be/KLwW16BiiC0. J. W. Pepper, www.jwpepper.com/Five-Settings-by-Christina-Rossetti/11208247.item#/submit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2021. [Songs are performed in order 1, 3, 2, 5, 4]

Format

Format 1: musical score
5 pages; complete song cycle performance time 12 minutes and 24 seconds

Source

Cataloguer: Blake Fong and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Five Settings by Christina Rossetti." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Five-Settings-by-Christina-Rossetti/11208247.item#/submit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2021.

Identifier

Record: CRM-betterresurrection-heald

Rights

"© 2009"
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Files

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Collection

Citation

Heald, Jason A.; music (American, born 1958) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A Better Resurrection" [Jason A. Heald],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 13, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3362.

Item Relations

This Item is part of a larger work that also includes Item: "A Daughter of Eve" [Jason A. Heald]
Item: "Who Has Seen the Wind" [Jason A. Heald] is part of a larger work that also includes This Item
Item: "Sleeping at Last" [Jason A. Heald] is part of a larger work that also includes This Item
Item: "When I am dead, my dearest" [Jason A. Heald] is part of a larger work that also includes This Item