"When I am dead, my dearest" [Jason A. Heald]
Title
"When I am dead, my dearest" [Jason A. Heald]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
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: art song (lied)|song cycle|song
solo: mezzo-soprano
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United States
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Place in the larger work: The third 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 song changes the fifth line of the poem from "Be the green grass above me" to "In the green grass above me", and also changes the ninth line from "I shall not see the shadows" to "I will not see the shadows".
Tempo markings: "Agitato"
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
4 pages; complete song cycle performance time 12 minutes and 24 seconds
Source
Cataloguer: Monica Cote Macson 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-songwheniamdead-heald
Rights
"© 2009"
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Files
Collection
Citation
Heald, Jason A.; music (American, born 1958) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"When I am dead, my dearest" [Jason A. Heald],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed May 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3364.
Item Relations
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "A Better Resurrection" [Jason A. Heald] |
| 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 |