"Prairie Boy, Prairie Boy" [Morris Surdin]

"Prairie Boy, Prairie Boy" [Morris Surdin]

First line of lyrics: Oo-ee Oo-ee Prairie boy, prairie boy

Surdin, Morris; music (Canadian, 1914-1979)

Mitchell, W. O. [William Ormond]; text (Canadian, 1914-1998)

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

1965 [publication]

London: Boosey & Co.

genre: art song (lied)|song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 2/2

origin: Canada

male composer

English

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 1: musical score

6 pages

Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa

Musical score: private collection

Record: CRM-whohasseen-surdin

"© 1965 by Boosey & Co. Ltd. | All rights reserved"

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