"When I am dead" [John Gerrard]

"When I am dead" [John Gerrard]

First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest

Part of: "Six Songs"

Gerrard, John; music

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

1913 [publication] [copyright]

London: Weekes & Company

genre: song cycle|song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")

Place in the larger work: Third song of six in the song cycle called "Six Songs" which includes 1. "To the Storm-Wind" (P. B. Shelley); 2. "When as in Silks" (R. Herrick); 3. "When I am dead" (C. Rossetti); 4. "A Widow Bird" (P. B. Shelley); 5. "I fear thy Kisses" (P. B. Shelley); 6. "Soul of my Thought" (J. Dareing).

Tempo markings: "Andante"

Notes: The sixth song of the cycle is with "'Words by Jane Dareing,' but it proves to be a very faithful English translation of the German version by von Holstein of Andersen's 'Ich liebe dich'. Grieg's most popular song." ("Reviews")

Format 1: musical score

two pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "Six Songs ... 1. To the Storm-Wind. P. B. Shelley. 2. When as in Silks. R. Herrick. 3. When I am dead. C. Rossetti. 4. A Widow Bird. P. B. Shelley. 5. I fear thy Kisses. P. B. Shelley. 6. Soul of my Thought. J. Dareing." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004356842. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.
"Reviews." Musical News, 30 Aug. 1913, vol. 45, p. 180. Google Books. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score (manuscript): British Library, London

Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-gerrard

File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-gerrard.pdf

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