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Helen Lucas-Pyke
1905 - 1954
Great Britain, England
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| H.L. Pyke |
Helen Lucas Pyke (- Carner) (06/1905 - 1954), an English female composer and pianist, born in London Paddington. Wife of Mosco Carner (born Mosco Cohen) (15/11/1904 – 03/08/1985), an Austrian-born British musicologist, conductor and critic. They were getting married in 1944.
A requiem - When I am dead my dearest
| Period: | Expressionism |
| Composed in: | 1948 |
| Musical form: | song |
| Text/libretto: | Christina (Georgina) Rossetti (1830 - 1894) |
"When I am dead, my dearest", published ca. 1949, for voice and piano.
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.
Christina Rossetti (from Goblin Market and other Poems, published 1862)
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.
Christina Rossetti (from Goblin Market and other Poems, published 1862)
| Chr. Rossetti (text) |