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"Singing and Dancing" [Robert Foresman]

Title

"Singing and Dancing" [Robert Foresman]
First line of lyrics: Sing me a song! What shall I sing?

Creator

Foresman, Robert; music (American, 1856-1932)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1931 [publication]

Publisher

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

Subject

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

Language

English

Description

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

Format 1: musical score
1 page

Source

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.

Identifier

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

Rights

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

Citation

Foresman, Robert; music (American, 1856-1932) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina (English, 1830-1894), “"Singing and Dancing" [Robert Foresman],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 13, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3371.