"Goblin Market (Der Gnomen Markt): Cantata" [Vittorio Ricci] [libretto and Part I, cover to page 44]

"Goblin Market (Der Gnomen Markt): Cantata" [Vittorio Ricci] [libretto and Part I, cover to page 44]

First line of lyrics: Morning and evening

Ricci, Vittorio; music (Italian, 1859-1925)

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

Gillington, M.C. [Mary Clarissa]; adapted text (British, a.k.a. May Byron, a.k.a. Maurice Clare, 1861-1936)

Kastner, Willy Alexander; translated text (born 1861)

1901 [copyright] [publication]

London: Joseph Williams; New York: Edw. Schuberth & Co (J.F.H. Meyer); Leipzig: Breitkopf & Haertel

genre: cantata|choral music

solo: soprano|contralto

chorus: treble chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: Italy

male composer|male translator

English|German

Rossetti poem(s): "Goblin Market"

Notes about the text: "founded on Christine [sic] Rosetti's [sic] poem & adapted by M.C.Gillington"; "Deutsch von Willy Alexander Kastner."

Composition history: "by kind permission of Mssrs. Macmillan & Co."

Tempo markings: "Allegro leggiero"; dotted quarter note = 116

Performance instructions: Cantata for solo voices (soprano and contralto), two- or three-part chorus of treble voices, and piano accompaniment, in two parts. Part I: 1. Chorus (pp. 3-15; "Morning and evening"); 2. Duet and chorus (Laura and Lizzie) (pp. 16-24; "Look, Lizzie"); 3. Solo and chorus [Laura] (pp. 25-37; "Good Folk, good Folk, I have no coin"); 4. Solo (Lizzie) (pp. 38-40; "Dear, you should not stay so late"); 5. Chorus. Slumber Song (pp. 41-44; "Golden head by golden head"). Part II: 6. Chorus (pp. 45-53; "Day after day, night after night"); 7. Chorus (pp. 54-59; "Laugh'd then every goblin"); 8. Solo (Lizzie) and chorus (pp. 60-72; "Good Folk, good Folk, now give me much and many"); 9. Laura, Lizzie and chorus (pp. 73-81; "Laura, Laura, did you miss me?"); 10. Finale. Duet and chorus (Laura, Lizzie and chorus) (pp. 82-95; "But when the first birds chirped about their eaves").

Dedication: "To John Kirkhope, Esq."

Format 1: musical score

95 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM174

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Music Library, State University of New York at Buffalo

Record: CRM-goblinmarket-ricci

File(s): CRM-goblinmarket-ricci-cover-p44.pdf; CRM-goblinmarket-ricci-titlepage.jpg

"Copyright 1901 by Joseph Williams"

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