"The Wind Has Such A Rainy Sound" [Beatrice Macgowan Scott]

"The Wind Has Such A Rainy Sound" [Beatrice Macgowan Scott]

First line of lyrics: The wind has such a rainy sound

Scott, Beatrice MacGowan; music (1880-1951)

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

1933 [publication]

New York, Philadelphia: Hinds, Hayden, & Eldredge, Inc.

genre: children's music|song

chorus: children's unison chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'The wind has such a rainy sound'"

Notes about the text: In the song, the word "boats" replaced "ships" in the forth line of the poem.

Composition history: "Used by permission of The Macmillan Company."

Tempo markings: "Moderato"

Performance instructions: "Accompaniment in Teachers' Book"

Format 1: vocal score

1 page

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4893

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

Other data reference(s): Record for "The new universal school music series." Worldcat, https://worldcat.org/en/title/2282180. Accessed 28 Oct. 2021.

Cataloguer: Blake Fong, University of Ottawa

Musical Score: Damrosch, Walter, et al. Unison Songs, The new universal school music series, vol. 3, Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc, 1933, pp. 134-135. Mount Allison University Library, Sackville, New Brunswick.

Record: CRM-windhassuch-scott

File(s): CRM-windhassuch-scott.pdf

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