"Who Has Seen The Wind?" [Martin Read]
Title
"Who Has Seen The Wind?" [Martin Read]
First line of lyrics: Wind, wind who has seen the wind?
Part of: "SingSong"
Creator
Read, Martin; music (British, 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|song cycle
chorus: SSAA chorus
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 2/2
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
Place in the larger work: Third 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: "SingSong was written for Lissa Gray and the Hampshire County Children's Choir."
Tempo markings: half note = 67
Performance instructions: "With a reggae feel"
Format
Format 1: musical score
Source
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 10 January 2023.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "SingSong." British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/score/singsong. Accessed 10 January 2023.
Identifier
Record: CRM-whohasseen-read
Rights
"Copyright © Martin Read 1996"
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Files
Collection
Citation
Read, Martin; music (British, 1959-2012) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Who Has Seen The Wind?" [Martin Read],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed September 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3388.
Item Relations
| 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 |
| Item: "Is The Moon Tired?" [Martin Read] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |