"Minnie and Mattie and May" [Felix Swinstead]
Place in the larger work: The eighth song of eight in the song cycle called "Sing-Song Cycle," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love me,- I love you"; 2. "The Ladybird"; 3. "The Maid and the Ferry"; 4.(1907 pub.), 5.(1918 pub.) "Is the Moon Tired?"; 4.(1918 pub.), 5.(1907 pub.) "When a Mounting Skylark Sings"; 6. "Will the Ships go Down?"; 7. "If I were a Queen"; 8. "Minnie and Mattie and May".
Notes about the text: Lines 1-8 of poem remain unchanged. Lines 9-20 removed from song; lines 21-36 unchanged. Minor word changes: the poem's "fat little May" changed to "quaint little May" (both times); "And wise little May" changed to "O wise little May."
Composition history: The second known setting of “Sing-Song”. The first is by Mary Carmichael (Ives DM175-DM182). "by permission of Messrs Macmillan & Co Ltd"
Tempo markings: "Molto allegro e giocoso"; dotted quarter note = 150-160
Notes: "Key signature B flat" (Ives DM182)
Swinstead, Felix Gerald; music (English, 1880-1959)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4616; Ives DM182
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Cataloguer: Anna MacDonald, University of British Columbia; Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score (1918 publication): Royal Academy of Music Library, London
Leipzig: Charles Avison Ltd. [1907]; London: The Anglo-French Music Co. Ltd. [1918]
1907 [publication] [copyright], 1918 [copyright]
"Copyright 1907, by Felix Swinstead. Copyright 1918 by The Anglo-French Music Co. Ltd."
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Place in the larger work: The seventh song of eight in the song cycle called "Sing-Song Cycle," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love me,- I love you"; 2. "The Ladybird"; 3. "The Maid and the Ferry"; 4.(1907 pub.), 5.(1918 pub.) "Is the Moon Tired?"; 4.(1918 pub.), 5.(1907 pub.) "When a Mounting Skylark Sings"; 6. "Will the Ships go Down?"; 7. "If I were a Queen"; 8. "Minnie and Mattie and May".
Notes: "Key signature B flat" (Ives DM181)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4491; Ives DM181
"Will the ships go down?" [Felix Swinstead]
First line of lyrics: The wind has such a rainy sound
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Rossetti poem(s): "'The wind has such a rainy sound'"
Place in the larger work: The sixth song of eight in the song cycle called "Sing-Song Cycle," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love me,- I love you"; 2. "The Ladybird"; 3. "The Maid and the Ferry"; 4.(1907 pub.), 5.(1918 pub.) "Is the Moon Tired?"; 4.(1918 pub.), 5.(1907 pub.) "When a Mounting Skylark Sings"; 6. "Will the Ships go Down?"; 7. "If I were a Queen"; 8. "Minnie and Mattie and May".
Tempo markings: "Misterioso"; quarter note = 63
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4895; Ives DM180
"When a mounting skylark sings" [Felix Swinstead]
First line of lyrics: When a mounting skylark sings
Rossetti poem(s): "'When a mounting skylark sings'"
Place in the larger work: The fifth song in the 1907 publication and the fourth in the 1918 publication of eight in the song cycle called "Sing-Song Cycle," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love me,- I love you"; 2. "The Ladybird"; 3. "The Maid and the Ferry"; 4.(1907 pub.), 5.(1918 pub.) "Is the Moon Tired?"; 4.(1918 pub.), 5.(1907 pub.) "When a Mounting Skylark Sings"; 6. "Will the Ships go Down?"; 7. "If I were a Queen"; 8. "Minnie and Mattie and May".
Tempo markings: "Allegretto grazioso"; half note = 72
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4860; Ives DM179
2 pages (pp. 9-10 in 1907 publication) (pp. 8-9 in 1918 publication)
First line of lyrics: Is the moon tired? She looks so pale
Rossetti poem(s): "'Is the moon tired? she looks so pale'"
Place in the larger work: The fourth song in the 1907 publication and the fifth in the 1918 publication of eight in the song cycle called "Sing-Song Cycle," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love me,- I love you"; 2. "The Ladybird"; 3. "The Maid and the Ferry"; 4.(1907 pub.), 5.(1918 pub.) "Is the Moon Tired?"; 4.(1918 pub.), 5.(1907 pub.) "When a Mounting Skylark Sings"; 6. "Will the Ships go Down?"; 7. "If I were a Queen"; 8. "Minnie and Mattie and May".
Tempo markings: "Andante tranquillo"; quarter note = 60
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4502; Ives DM178
1 pages (p. 8 in 1907 publication) (p. 10 in 1918 publication)
"The Maid and the Ferry" [Felix Swinstead]
First line of lyrics: Ferry me across the water
Rossetti poem(s): "'Ferry me across the water'"
Place in the larger work: The third song of eight in the song cycle called "Sing-Song Cycle," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love me,- I love you"; 2. "The Ladybird"; 3. "The Maid and the Ferry"; 4.(1907 pub.), 5.(1918 pub.) "Is the Moon Tired?"; 4.(1918 pub.), 5.(1907 pub.) "When a Mounting Skylark Sings"; 6. "Will the Ships go Down?"; 7. "If I were a Queen"; 8. "Minnie and Mattie and May".
Tempo markings: "Allegro moderato"; quarter note = 144
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4414; Ives DM177
First line of lyrics: I caught a little ladybird
other version 1 - chorus: children's unison chorus
Rossetti poem(s): "'I caught a little ladybird'"
Place in the larger work: The second song of eight in the song cycle called "Sing-Song Cycle," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love me,- I love you"; 2. "The Ladybird"; 3. "The Maid and the Ferry"; 4.(1907 pub.), 5.(1918 pub.) "Is the Moon Tired?"; 4.(1918 pub.), 5.(1907 pub.) "When a Mounting Skylark Sings"; 6. "Will the Ships go Down?"; 7. "If I were a Queen"; 8. "Minnie and Mattie and May".
Tempo markings: "Allegretto"; quarter note = 160
Notes: "Key signature B flat" (Ives DM176)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4475; Ives DM176
"Love me,- I love you" [Felix Swinstead]
First line of lyrics: Love me, I love you
Rossetti poem(s): "'Love me,—I love you'"
Place in the larger work: The first song of eight in the song cycle called "Sing-Song Cycle," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love me,- I love you"; 2. "The Ladybird"; 3. "The Maid and the Ferry"; 4.(1907 pub.), 5.(1918 pub.) "Is the Moon Tired?"; 4.(1918 pub.), 5.(1907 pub.) "When a Mounting Skylark Sings"; 6. "Will the Ships go Down?"; 7. "If I were a Queen"; 8. "Minnie and Mattie and May".
Tempo markings: "Allegro moderato, con brio"; quarter note = 150
Notes: "Key signature B flat" (Ives DM175)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4589; Ives DM175
"What Do They Say? (Recitative and Patter Song)" [Udo Kasemets]
First line of lyrics: What does the donkey bray about?
Rossetti poem(s): "'What does the donkey bray about?'"
Place in the larger work: The fourth of five songs in the song cycle "Five Songs for Children" which includes 1. "Eletelephony (Diatonic and Chromatic)" (Laura E. Richards); 2. "The Monkeys and the Crocodile (Major and Minor)" (Laura E. Richards); 3. "A Swing Song (Melody with Inversion and Canonic Imitations)" (William Allingham); 4. "What Do They Say? (Recitative and Patter Song)" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "Who has seen the wind? (Minor Mode" (Christina Rossetti).
Kasemets, Udo; music (Estonian-Canadian, 1919-2014)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4883
Other data reference(s): "Udo Kasemets." Canadian Music Center, http://collections.cmccanada.org/final/Portal/Composer-Showcase.aspx?component=AF-Query-Composer&record=d6a1fee0-124b-40a2-acc5-33f302bc878d. Accessed 6 Jul 2020.
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: Canadian Music Center, www.musiccentre.ca/node/6490. Accessed 19 Mar 2018.
"© Copyright MCMLXIV by BMI CANADA LIMITED, 16 Gould St., Toronto 2, Ontario. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved Including Public Performance for Profit"
"Who Has Seen the Wind? (Minor Mode)" [Udo Kasemets]
First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
Place in the larger work: The fifth of five songs in the song cycle "Five Songs for Children" which includes 1. "Eletelephony (Diatonic and Chromatic)" (Laura E. Richards); 2. "The Monkeys and the Crocodile (Major and Minor)" (Laura E. Richards); 3. "A Swing Song (Melody with Inversion and Canonic Imitations)" (William Allingham); 4. "What Do They Say? (Recitative and Patter Song)" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "Who has seen the wind? (Minor Mode" (Christina Rossetti).
Cataloguer: Jacob Spence and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score: Canadian Music Center, www.musiccentre.ca/node/6490. Accessed 19 Mar 2018.
"Love came down at Christmas" [Gordon Young]
First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas
genre: anthem|Christmas music|sacred music|song
Dedication: "For Robert Cato and the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, Detroit."
Young, Gordon; music (American, 1919-1998)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15997967. Accessed 8 May 2019.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Kathryn Sullivan Bowld Music Library, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth
"© Copyright 1960 by GALAXY MUSIC CORPORATION International Copyright Secured"
4 pages; performance time 1 minute and 45 seconds
"Love came down at Christmas" [Jerome K Ramsfield]
genre: sacred music|Christmas music|choral music|song
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50414852. Accessed 6 May 2019.
"Love came down at Christmas" [Leo Sowerby]
Sowerby, Leo; music (American, 1895-1968)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4568
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas : for mixed voices." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/494239443. Accessed 6 May 2019.
musical score: Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College, Princeton
"Copyright, MCMXXXV, by H.T. FitzSimons Co., Chicago Ill. International Copyright Secured"
"Love came down at Christmas" [Ruth M. Gay]
genre: Christmas music|choral music|song
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/860289262. Accessed 6 May 2019.
"Love came down at Christmas" [Crawford R. Thoburn]
genre: carol|sacred music|Christmas music|choral music|song|anthem|introit
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|a cappella
Tempo markings: "Andante (Quietly)"; "Andante" [Other Version 1]
Performance instructions: "unaccompanied or lightly accompanied [...] Short enough for an introit, long enough for a little anthem, just right for Christmas communion" [Other Version 1] ("Love Came Down at Christmas").
Performance history: On December 24, 2015 (and in 2014, 2017, 2018) at St. John's Episcopal Church, Ithaca NY, performance by the Christmas Eve Chancel Choir, Crawford R. Thoburn, guest conductor, Karen Hindenlang (his spouse), Director of Music and Organist. "Love Came Down at Christmas- C. R. Thoburn." YouTube, uploaded by Music at St. John's, 26 Dec. 2015, https://youtu.be/gqDCme336k4.
Recordings: "A Few Recordings." Performance by Methodist University Chorale, 2012. Choral Music by Crawford R. Thoburn, http://www.musicbythoburn.com/recordings. Accessed 19 Jul. 2021. "Works by Season." Choral Music by Crawford R. Thoburn, http://www.musicbythoburn.com/_by_season. Accessed 19 Jul. 2021.
Thoburn, Crawford R.; music (American, born 1933)
Other data reference(s): "Love Came Down at Christmas." St. James Music Press, https://www.sjmp.com/catalog/music/love-came-down-christmas-3. Accessed 16 March 2022. "Love Came Down at Christmas- C. R. Thoburn." YouTube, uploaded by Music at St. John's, 26 Dec. 2015, https://youtu.be/gqDCme336k4. "Repertoire 2015." https://sites.google.com/site/stjohnithacachoir/home/repertoire-2105. Accessed 19 Jul. 2021.
Musical score: Louis Jefferson Long Library, Wells College, Aurora
St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House; Tryon: St. James Music Press
1986 [publication] [copyright]; 2013 [publication]
"Copying or reproduction of this material in any form is illegal. | Copyright © 1986 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO | All Rights Reserved"
1 page; performance time between 1 and 2 minutes
"Love came down at Christmas" [Carl F. Mueller]
genre: anthem|sacred music|choral music|song|Christmas music
Mueller, Carl F.; music (American, 1892-1982)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/973888363. Accessed 6 May 2019.
"Love came down at Christmas" [Humphrey Clucas]
genre: carol|Christmas music|choral music|song
Tempo markings: "Andante con moto"; quarter note = 96
Clucas, Humphrey; music (British, born 1941)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas : carol for mixed voices and organ or piano." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54102466. Accessed 6 May 2019.
"© Copyright 1998 animus music publishing. Reprinted by permission."
"Love came down at Christmas" [Joseph Goodman]
Composition history: "Commissioned by the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Queens Village, Long Island, New York"
Tempo markings: "Adagio, ma non troppo"; quarter note = c. 56; eighth note = c. 112
Performance instructions: "For two-part chorus of high and/or low voices with organ accompaniment." "Both voice parts high, or both low, or high and low voices on each part, but not high voices on upper part and low voices on lower part."
Goodman, Joseph; music (American, 1918-2014)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas : for two-part chorus of high and/or low voices with organ accompaniment." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5423819. Accessed 6 May 2019.
musical score: Abilene Christian University, Abilene
1963 [composition]; 1967 [publication] [copyright]
"Copyright © 1967 by Tetra Music Corp. Sole Selling Agent: Alexander Broude, Inc. Printed in U.S.A."
6 pages; performance time 3 minutes and 15 seconds
"Love came down at Christmas" [Paul Edwards]
Edwards, Paul; music (English, born 1955)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/497426368. Accessed 6 May 2019.
"Love came down at Christmas" [Carl W. Vandre]
genre: cantata|Christmas music|choral music|sacred music
Performance instructions: The cantata includes a part for a narrator.
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas : a cantata for mixed voices with narrator." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2521879. Accessed 2 May 2019.
"Love came down at Christmas" [Christopher Gower]
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas : carol for mixed voices and organ." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958946797. Accessed 2 May 2019.
"Love Came Down at Christmas [Nigel Gaze]
musical score: Toronto Music Library, Toronto
"Love came down at Christmas" [Michael Neaum]
Tempo markings: "Gently"; dotted quarter note = 54
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas: for SSA choir with piano accompaniment." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884739377. Accessed 1 May 2019.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS by Michael Neaum for upper voice choir and piano." Good Music Publishing, https://www.goodmusicpublishing.co.uk/resources/scores/75611.pdf. Accessed 5 July 2020.
Tewkesbury: Roberton Publications, part of Goodmusic Publishing
"© 2014 Roberton Publications a part of Goodmusic Publishing Ltd"
"Love came down at Christmas" [Alan Smith]
genre: carol|choral music|Christmas music|song
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas : carol for SAB and organ." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54373877. Accessed 1 May 2019.
"Love came down at Christmas" [Ronald Arnatt]
Arnatt, Ronald; music (American, 1930-2018)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas : carol for SATB chorus a cappella." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/497655575. Accessed 1 May 2019.