5 Songs (Dahl, Emma)

Incipit 5:
  1. I saw thee weep, the big bright tear came o’er that eye of blue (Ich sah’ dich weinen, Silberschein umgoss des Auges blau)
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements
First Publication 1875 – San Francisco: M. Gray (poss. earlier?)
Genre Categories Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language; German language

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 2. Mother, O Sing Me to Rest [B]
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 1. I saw thee weep
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 2. Mother, O Sing Me to Rest
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Language English / German
Publisher. Info. San Francisco: M. Gray, 1875. Plate M.G. 1009-1010.
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Editor Robert A. Hudson (b. 1948)
Language German
Translator Karl May, German Text
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General Information

Work Title 5 Songs
Alternative. Title Five Original Songs
Composer Dahl, Emma
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IED 2
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements:
  1. I saw thee weep (Ich sah dich weinen)
  2. Mother o sing me to rest (Mutter! O sing mich)
  3. How sad my song (Nu sagte min sang)
  4. That one dear spot (Das Fleckchen Erde)
  5. I love him (Ich liebe ihn)
Text Incipit see below
  1. I saw thee weep - the big bright tear
First Publication. 1875 – San Francisco: M. Gray (poss. earlier?)
Librettist see below
  1. George Gordon Byron (1788–1824)
  2. Felicia Hemans (1793-1835)
Language English; German
Dedication Bjarne Fjeldstedt Dahl (her son)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
Extra Information Original songs may here mean not reprints of European editions- the five may have been meant as a group to be published in 1875 by M. Gray. Can find no earlier source yet for e.g. Ich sah’ dich weinen.

Felicia Dorothea Hemans VIAF ID: 17397168

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