"Singing and Dancing" [Robert Foresman]

"Singing and Dancing" [Robert Foresman]

First line of lyrics: Sing me a song! What shall I sing?

Foresman, Robert; music (American, 1856-1932)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina (English, 1830-1894)

1931 [publication]

New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta: American Book Company

genre: children's music|song

solo: voice

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: four flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Sing me a song'"

Notes about the text: Only the first four lines of the poem are included in this setting.

Format 1: musical score

1 page

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4719

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: Blake Fong, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Foresman, Robert. Manual for First Grade Music. American Book Company, 1931, p. 52. Mount Allison University Library, Sackville, New Brunswick.

Record: CRM-singmeasong-foresman

File(s): CRM-singmeasong-foresman.pdf

"Copyright, 1931, by | American Book Company | All rights reserved"

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