"Is The Moon Tired?" [Martin Read]
Title
"Is The Moon Tired?" [Martin Read]
First line of lyrics: Is the moon tired? She looks so pale
Part of: "SingSong"
Creator
Read, Martin; music (English, 1959-2012)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1996 [composition] [publication] [copyright]
Publisher
Petersfield: Fand Music Press
Subject
genre: children's music|choral music|song cycle|song
chorus: SSA chorus
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one flat
initial time signature: 6/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "'Is the moon tired? she looks so pale'"
Place in the larger work: Second song of five in a song cycle called "SingSong," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Jewels"; 2. "Is The Moon Tired?"; 3. "Who Has Seen The Wind?"; 4. "Dead In The Cold"; 5. "Kookoorookoo!".
Composition history: This first is dated 24 February 1996. "SingSong was written for Lissa Gray and the Hampshire County Children's Choir."
Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = 68
Format
Format 1: musical score
5 pages (pp. 4-8)
Source
Cataloguer: Laurel Richardson, University of Ottawa
Musical score: British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 4 November 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "SingSong." British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 4 November 2021.
Identifier
Record: CRM-isthemoontired-read
Rights
"Copyright Martin Read 1996"
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Files
Collection
Citation
Read, Martin; music (English, 1959-2012) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Is The Moon Tired?" [Martin Read],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed September 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3387.
Item Relations
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Who Has Seen The Wind?" [Martin Read] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Dead in the Cold" [Martin Read] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Kookoorookoo" [Martin Read] |
| Item: "Jewels" [Martin Read] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |