"Remember" [Madox Terrell]

"Remember" [Madox Terrell]

First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away

Turrell, Madox; music (Canadian)

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

2024 [publication] [copyright]

Toronto: Modern Sound Collective

genre: choral music|song

chorus: SATB voices with divisi

instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: Canada

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Remember"

Composition history: "MSC Presents: Commissioned and premiered by | Modern Sound Collective - Kai Leung, artistic director | Toronto ON Canada". "'Remember' is a short, understated piece meant to capture the conversational tone of the text. The poem was written by teen-aged Victorian poet Christina Rossetti, who had fallen very ill. It gives the living permission to acknowledge loss, and permission to find happiness again."

Tempo markings: "Adagio espressivo"; quarter note = 72

Performance instructions: "In performance, rhythmic liberties can be taken to convey a more convincing reflection of a personal conversation."

Performance history: Premiered in 2020 by Modern Sound Collective, Kai Leung, artistic director, Toronto.

Recordings: "Remember" | Madox Terrell | SCORE VIDEO." YouTube, uploaded by MSC Choirs, 22 Jan. 2024. youtu.be/6WcaBjZGlBw?si=4FE-VD6d-6qT7sPY

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

Other data reference(s): "Remember." Modern Sound Collective, www.modernsoundcollective.ca/store/msc0010-remember/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2024.
"Remember" | Madox Terrell | SCORE VIDEO." YouTube, uploaded by MSC Choirs, 22 Jan. 2024. youtu.be/6WcaBjZGlBw?si=4FE-VD6d-6qT7sPY

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

"Remember." Modern Sound Collective, www.modernsoundcollective.ca/store/msc0010-remember/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2024.

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Remember." Modern Sound Collective, www.modernsoundcollective.ca/store/msc0010-remember/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2024.

Record: CRM-remember-terrell-nopub.pdf

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