"On The Winter Wind" [arr. Robert Foresman, unknown composer]

"On The Winter Wind" [arr. Robert Foresman, unknown composer]

First line of lyrics: On the winter wind

Unknown; music (Czech Folk Song)

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

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

1928 [copyright]

New York: American Book Company

genre: children's music|song

solo: voice

chorus: children's unison chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 2/4

origin: United States

male arranger

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Year's Windfalls"

Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the first stanza of Christina Rossetti's "A Year's Windfalls", with the following modifications: In the song, "On the winter wind" replaces "On the wind of January" in line 1 of the poem; the first word "Downward" replaces "Down" in line 2; "Down the icy way" followed by "Robin Redbreast comes" replaces the poem lines 5 and 6, "Poor robin redbreast" and "Look where he comes."

Performance instructions: "Plaintively"

Notes: Published in Robert Foresman's "A Child's Book of Songs", American Book Company, New York, 1928.

Format 1: musical score

1 page

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4900

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Other data reference(s): Record for "A Child's Book of Songs." WorldCat, https://worldcat.org/en/title/6993394. Accessed 13 Feb. 2023.

Cataloguer: Marco Buttice and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Mount Allison University Library, Sackville

Record: CRM-yearswindfalls-foresman-unknown

File(s): CRM-yearswindfalls-foresman-unknown.pdf

"Copyright, 1928, By | AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY | All Rights Reserved | Foresman--Child's Book | W. P. 10"

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