"Prairie Boy, Prairie Boy" [Morris Surdin]
Title
"Prairie Boy, Prairie Boy" [Morris Surdin]
First line of lyrics: Oo-ee Oo-ee Prairie boy, prairie boy
Creator
Surdin, Morris; music (Canadian, 1914-1979)
Mitchell, W. O. [William Ormond]; text (Canadian, 1914-1998)
Rossetti, Christina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1965 [publication]
Publisher
London: Boosey & Co.
Subject
genre: art song (lied)|song
solo: voice
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: one flat
initial time signature: 2/2
origin: Canada
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
Work contains texts by multiple authors
Notes about the text: The lyrics contain lines 5 and 6 of the poem by Rossetti in the words by W. O. Mitchell.
Tempo markings: "Slowly and Gently"
Performance history: Performed by Brooke Mitchell, with Rachel Andrist, piano, at the The Royal Conservatory’s Mazzoleni Hall, Toronto. "Prairie Boy by Morris Surdin | Brooke Mitchell." YouTube, uploaded by Brooke Mitchell, 14 July 2019, https://youtu.be/-oK6L1lrjPY.
Notes: "In D minor"
Format
Format 1: musical score
6 pages
Source
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa
Musical score: private collection
Identifier
Record: CRM-whohasseen-surdin
Rights
"© 1965 by Boosey & Co. Ltd. | All rights reserved"
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Citation
Surdin, Morris; music (Canadian, 1914-1979), Mitchell, W. O. [William Ormond]; text (Canadian, 1914-1998), and Rossetti, Christina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Prairie Boy, Prairie Boy" [Morris Surdin],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed May 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3417.