First line of lyrics: What can I give him, poor as I am?
genre: sacred music|hymn|song|Christmas music|carol
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Reference: Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/
Other data reference(s): "154. What Can I Give Him?." Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/hymn/HWC1986/154. Accessed 8 May 2020.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "WHAT CAN I GIVE HIM ? (Celebration 263)." Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/node/14441?ref=instance. Accessed 8 May 2020.
"Copyright 1986 WORD MUSIC (a div. of WORD, INC.). All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured."
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Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-cason
First line of lyrics: We met, hand to hand
Notes about the text: Only the first three verses of the poem are set to music.
Tempo markings: "Calm and nostalgic"; quarter note = 80
Paviour, Paul; music (English, born 1931)
Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C1649754. Accessed 6 October 2020.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Twilight Night." Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C1649754. Accessed 6 October 2020.
"Copyright Paul Paviour 2010. Wirripang Pty Ltd, July 2010."
First line of lyrics: Oh where are you going with your love-locks flowing
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Place in the larger work: The third song of five in the song cycle called "Christina's World," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "A birthday"; 2. "Who has seen the wind?"; 3. "Amor mundi"; 4. "When I am dead, my dearest"; 5. "Up-hill."
Composition history: Composed for soprano Gwen Coleman Detwiler, of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory’s voice faculty (Hall). On her website, Juliana Hall writes that "'the five songs of “Christina’s World,' on poems by Christina Rossetti, loosely follow a narrative arc beginning with the joyful emotions of true love, and continuing with darker observations about the nature of being alive and of the questions of life and death, the tension of which is resolved at the end of the cycle with a positive sense that as one approaches the end of this life, all will be well and find a place of welcome and rest" (Hall).
Performance instructions: "With Suspense"
Performance history: Performed on April 18, 2017 at Wyoming Presbyterian Church (Hall) by soprano Gwen Coleman Detwiler and Marie-France Lefebvre on piano.
Hall, Juliana; music (American, born 1958)
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Other data reference(s): Hall, Juliana. "CHRISTINA’S WORLD." Julianahall.com, https://www.julianahall.com/christinas-world/. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
Musical score: Yale Music Library, Connecticut
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Christina's World." E.C. Schirmer Music Company, https://www.canticledistributing.com/catalog/product/view/sku/8566*. Accessed 1 Apr. 2019.
"© Copyright 2017 by E.C. Schirmer Music Company, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved."
21 pages (pp. 17-37); complete song cycle performance time 18 minutes
"In the Bleak Mid-Winter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Bernard Sexton]
First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter
genre: children's music|carol|choral music|Christmas music|sacred music|song
Tempo markings: "Moderato"; quarter note = c. 70
Performance instructions: "A simple and heart-felt arrangement of this classic by Gustav Holst for children's / high school SA voices and piano. The gentle, rocking accompaniment is counterbalanced by simple homophonic voices. An optional part for a woodwind instrument is also included" (Sheet Music Plus).
Notes: This score is an arrangement of Gustav Holst's 1906 setting.
Holst, Gustav; music (English, 1874-1934)
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In The Bleak Mid-Winter." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/in-the-bleak-mid-winter-digital-sheet-music/20663981. Accessed 23 May 2019.
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-sexton
First line of lyrics: "Two doves up on the self-same branch,"
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Two doves upon the selfsame branch")
Notes about the text: The song is an exact setting of the Rossetti poem, with the "never" in the final line repeated twice in the song.
Tempo markings: "largo, dolce quarter note = ca. 58"
Wadsworth, Zachary; music (American-Canadian, born 1983)
Cataloguer: Anna MacDonald, University of British Columbia
musical score for soprano and piano: Austin Library of the University of Texas, Texas
"In the bleak midwinter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Jay Rouse]
genre: sacred music|choral music|Christmas music|song|carol
Other data reference(s): Record for "In the bleak midwinter." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1024318623. Accessed 17 April 2019.
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-rouse
"In the bleak mid-winter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Mack Wilberg]
genre: carol|Christmas music|choral music|sacred music|song
Wilberg, Mack; arrangement (American, born 1955)
Other data reference(s): Record for "In the bleak mid-winter." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778916718. Accessed 18 April 2019.
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-wilberg
First line of lyrics: The hope I dreamed of was a dream
Recordings: "Mirage (Composition by Alexander Kato-Willis)." Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, 2014. YouTube, https://youtu.be/-jkUyslZ9Mg. Accessed 13 April, 2018.
Kato-Willis, Alexander; music (Japanese and American, born 1985)
Other data reference(s): Kato-Willis, Alexander. “Mirage (Composition by Alexander Kato-Willis).” YouTube, uploaded 23 September 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkUyslZ9Mg. Accessed 13 Apr. 2018.
Cataloguer: Arianne Zamin, University of Ottawa
Recordings: "Mirage by Christina Rossetti, sung by Helen East." Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Helen East, solo, Geoff Geer, recording, April 2014, Cambridge. YouTube, https://youtu.be/oUPeuDl1vS8.
Other data reference(s): East, Helen. "Mirage by Christina Rossetti, sung by Helen East." YouTube, uploaded 18 April 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPeuDl1vS8. Accessed 13 April 2018.
"Gedenken-Vergessen / Remember-Forget" [Frank V. van der Stucken]
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
van der Stucken, Frank V. [Valentine]; music (Belgian-American, 1858-1929)
Tretbar, Helen D.; translated text (1835-1902)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM 111; Gooch and Thatcher 4789
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Cataloguer: Claudia Laugalys, University of Ottawa
Berlin: Friedrich Luckhardt; New York: G. Schirmer
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-vanderstucke
"Remember or Forget" [Mrs. M. Gould Del Castillo]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM136
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Cataloguer: Stephanie Malette & Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: The British Library, London
Record: CRM-songwheniamdead-goulddelcastillo
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-goulddelcastillo.pdf
First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away
instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)
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
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.
"Copyright © 2024 Modern Sound Collective | All Rights Reserved. Photocopying/distributing without permission is illegal."
First line of lyrics: Love is the key of life and death
genre: Christmas music|carol|sacred music|choral music|song cycle|song
Rossetti poem(s): "A Song for the Least of all Saints"
Place in the larger work: The first song of two in the song cycle called “Two Christmas Carols” which includes 1. "Awake, glad heart" [Henry Vaughan, misattributed to Christina Rossetti]; 2. "Love is the Key" [Christina Rossetti]
Tempo markings: quarter note = c. 100 [marked in pencil]
Performance instructions: For "SATB & organ or Carillon"
Notes: Manuscript score with typed element, including lyricists and copyright statement, and tempo marking in pencil. Gooch and Thatcher (4797) specifies that the score was reissued by WLSM, Cinncinati, 1970.
Franco, Johan; music (American, born in Holland, 1908-1988)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4797
Other data reference(s): "Two Christmas Carols." American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/composers/johan-franco/two-christmas-carols. Accessed 11 May 2023.
Musical score: Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
New York: Saint Mary's Press [1954]; Cincinnati: World Library of Sacred Music, Inc. [1970]
1954 [publication] [copyright]; 1970 [publication]
"COPYRIGHT 1954 by SAINT MARY'S PRESS | Made in U.S.A."
6 pages (pp. 7-12); performance time approx. 8 minutes, complete song cycle performance 14 minutes
"Raven: A Saga in Nine Fragments" [Joe St.Johanser]
First line of lyrics: "Croak, croak, croak"
instrumentation: flute|oboe|bassoon|contrabassoon|harp|string quartet
Notes about the text: This work is a setting of stanzas 1-5, 7, and 9-11 only.
Composition history: Composer Joe St.Johanser commented that "Raven" was conceived as a companion piece for his setting of "Goblin Market" so that together they could make a complete program of suitable length for an evening performance (private correspondence with Mary Arseneau, 19 Jan. 2017). Both "Goblin Market" and "Raven" are meant to be performed as ballets.
Tempo markings: "Adagio"; quarter note = 80
Performance instructions: For dancers, soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone and 8-piece chamber orchestra.
Recordings: "Setting of the Christina Rossetti poem - Raven - Ballet Fragments One and Two." Performance by Azita Kazem, soprano, Olivia Shrive, mezzo, Paul Charrier, baritone, Ensemble Lumiere, Francis Griffin, conductor, Emma Williams, flute, Emma Feilding, oboe, Siona Crosdale, contra bassoon, Helen Tunstall, harp, Tom Gould, violin 1, Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin 2, Oliver Wilson, viola, Oliver Coates, cello. YouTube, uploaded by Joe St.Johanser, 10 Nov. 2010, https://youtu.be/2gr0cWnB5OM. "Setting of the Christina Rossetti poem - Raven - Ballet Fragments Three, Four and Five." YouTube, https://youtu.be/z95sol7WiEw. "Raven - Ballet Fragments Six, Seven ,Eight and Nine." YouTube, https://youtu.be/MBFrs9qfPuE.
St.Johanser, Joe; music (British, born 1941)
Other data reference(s): "List of Published Musical Compositions." Joe St.Johanser, http://www.joestjohanser.co.uk/listofworks.htm. Accessed 18 Jan 2017. "Songs with Chamber Orchestra." Joe St.Johanser, http://www.joestjohanser.co.uk/chamber.htm, Accessed 8 May 2023.
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Woking, Surrey: Robosoft Music Productions Limited
"© Robosoft Music 2006." All rights reserved. The score appears on this website by kind permission of the composer, Joe. St.Johanser.
46 pages; performance time about 16 minutes.
"A Better Resurrection" [Craig Courtney]
First line of lyrics: I have no wit, no words, no tears
Rossetti poem(s): "A Better Resurrection"
Notes about the text: In the setting, the words in line 15 of the poem "Yet rise it shall" is reordered to "Yet it shall rise", the words "till it be" at the end of line 22 are omitted, and line 23 "A royal cup for Him my King" is reduced to "for my King".
Composition history: "The poetry of Christina Rossetti has resonated with me since childhood. I value her beauty of language, mastery of metaphor and depth of emotion. It is her honesty, though, that touches me most. Rossetti's faith is not one of naive idealism. Rather, it springs from a personal struggle with her humanity, doubt and pain. | As I have lived with the words of A Better Resurrection, I have come to love their richness and color. My goal in composition was to let these words dictate my musical choices: where a phrase needed to rise or fall, where dissonance or resolution was appropriate or where simplicity should lead to complexity. There are many words that lend themselves to text painting as well: words such as alone, quicken, brief, rise and broken are just a few. | Each stanza of the poem describes aspects of nature which demosntrate death and rebirth and each stanza ends with a plea: O Jesus quicken me, O Jesus rise in me and O Jesus drink of me. It is here that Rossetti moves beyond her struggle and speaks of the relationship between the Infinite and the finite, the Creator and the created. It is through her struggle and its resolution that I find my own faith strengthened."
Performance instructions: "As a prayer, very freely"
Recordings: "A Better Resurrection." Beckenhorst Press Inc., https://beckenhorstpress.com/a-better-resurrection/. Accessed 10 May 2023.
Dedication: "Written for the 2009 Spring Tour of Capital University Chapel Choir, | Dr. Lynda Hasseler, Director"
Cataloguer: Melissa Poon and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "A Better Resurrection." Beckenhorst Press Inc., https://beckenhorstpress.com/a-better-resurrection/. Accessed 10 May 2023.
"© Copyright 2009 by Beckenhorst Press, Inc. All rights reserved."
9 pages; performance time 3 minutes and 20 seconds
First line of lyrics: "Lullaby, oh lullaby"
Rossetti poem(s): "'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
Notes about the text: In the lyrics, lines 3-4 of the poem are omitted.
Tempo markings: "Poco Lento"; dotted quarter note = 52
Dedication: "Dedicated to 'The Ballarat Choristers'"
Notes: "From 'The Poetical Works of Christina Rossetti' by permission of Macmillan & Co. Ltd."
Steele, James Arthur; music (Australian, born 1894)
Cataloguer: Anna MacDonald and Roxanne Lafleur, University of British Columbia
Musical score: National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-173079791/view?partId=nla.obj-173079809#page/n0/mode/1up. Accessed 28 Mar. 2018.
"Copyright MCMXXXVII by Allan & Co Pty. Ltd., 276 Collins St., Melbourne."
"Goblin Market (Der Gnomen Markt): Cantata" [Vittorio Ricci] [libretto and Part I, cover to page 44]
First line of lyrics: Morning and evening
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").
Ricci, Vittorio; music (Italian, 1859-1925)
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)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM174
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa
Musical score: Music Library, State University of New York at Buffalo
London: Joseph Williams; New York: Edw. Schuberth & Co (J.F.H. Meyer); Leipzig: Breitkopf & Haertel
File(s): CRM-goblinmarket-ricci-cover-p44.pdf; CRM-goblinmarket-ricci-titlepage.jpg
"Goblin Market (Der Gnomen Markt): Cantata" [Vittorio Ricci] [Part II, page 45 to end]
File(s): CRM-goblinmarket-ricci-p45-end.pdf; CRM-goblinmarket-ricci-p53.jpg
Notes about the text: The text of the poem is abridged.
Composition history: "Goblin Market" is the culmination of a series of Gipps compositions between 1939 and 1953 that "were preoccupied with tracing experiences from a female perspective" (Halstead, p. 126) and that explore themes of sexuality, the female body, pleasure and punishment (Halstead, pp. 126-27).
Performance instructions: "Cantata for two soprano soloists, S.S.A. chorus and string orchestra (or piano)"
Performance history: Premiered at Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1956 (Campbell, p. 20).
Notes: Arranged as a continuous performance without division into separate sections.
Gipps, Ruth; adapted text (English, 1921-1999)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM270; Gooch and Thatcher 4431
Other data reference(s): Halstead, Jill. Ruth Gipps: Anti-modernism, Nationalism and Difference in English Music. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2006. Campbell, Margaret. "Ruth Gipps: a Woman of Substance." The Maud Powell Signature, no. 3, Winter 1996, pp. 15-34.
Vocal score: University of Michigan Library
"Copyright, 1954, by Novello & Company, Limited." Protected by copyright. The score appears in this archive by kind permission of the copyright holder, Lance Baker.
78 pages of printed musical score, words as text on unpaginated leaves preceding score; performance time 30 minutes
File(s): CRM-goblinmarket-gipps.pdf; CRM-goblinmarket-gipps-cover.pdf; CRM-goblinmarket-gipps-p78.pdf
Part of: untitled [Christina Rossetti Poems]
genre: choral music|part song|song|song cycle
Place in the larger work: The third song of three in the song cycle of settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Echo"; 2. "De Profundis"; 3. "Song".
Performance history: Performed with "De Profundis" in a choral show called "A Boy and a Girl" in England on 11 Jun 2011 at Greyfriars Church, Reading ["Song (When I am Dead My Dearest)." YouTube, uploaded by Stephen Tyler, 15 May 2019, https://youtu.be/fvn_5gU0w8A]; 12 Jun 2011 at St Mark's Church, Binfield; 17 Jun 2011 at High Street Methodist Church, Maidenhead; performed by the Reading A440 Choir, directed by Stephen Tyler: "our 'choral show' concept was where we told an overarching story in two halves (like a mini-play) using a choral soundtrack plus other media, in this case video projection and contemporary dancers." (Tyler)
Recordings: Tyler, Stephen J. "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." Electronic playback of score. SoundCloud, uploaded by Stephen J. Tyler, 29 Dec. 2020, https://soundcloud.com/stephenjtyler/when-i-am-dead-my-dearest
Tyler, Stephen; music (British, active 2006)
Other data reference(s): Tyler, Stephen. "Re: STM Contact Us: Christina Rossetti research inquiry." Received by Mary Arseneau. 15 May 2019. "Christina Rossetti Poems." Tyler Musik, https://www.tylermusik.com/. Accessed 18 Apr. 2023.
Performance video, Reading A440 Choir, directed by Stephen Tyler, June 2011: Stephen Tyler
"Copyright © 2006." This score and the performance video are protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score and performance video appear on this website by kind permission of composer Stephen Tyler. To purchase a license for public performances or recordings, please consult the composer’s website, www.stephentylermusic.com.
performance time 3 minutes and 19 seconds
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-tyler.pdf; CRM-songwheniamdead-tyler.mp4
First line of lyrics: De profundis, de profundis, de profundis
Place in the larger work: The second song of three in the song cycle of settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Echo"; 2. "De Profundis"; 3. "Song".
Performance history: Performed with "Song" in a choral show called "A Boy and a Girl" in England on 11 Jun 2011 at Greyfriars Church, Reading ["De Profundis by Christina Rossetti." YouTube, uploaded by Stephen Tyler, 15 May 2019, https://youtu.be/-ZCjI1SuZ1Y]; 12 Jun 2011 at St Mark's Church, Binfield; 17 Jun 2011 at High Street Methodist Church, Maidenhead; performed by the Reading A440 Choir, directed by Stephen Tyler: "our 'choral show' concept was where we told an overarching story in two halves (like a mini-play) using a choral soundtrack plus other media, in this case video projection and contemporary dancers." (Tyler)
Recordings: Tyler, Stephen J. "De Profundis." Electronic playback of score. SoundCloud, uploaded by Stephen J. Tyler, 3 Dec. 2020, https://soundcloud.com/stephenjtyler/de-profundis
performance time 2 minutes and 54 seconds
File(s): CRM-deprofundis-tyler.pdf; CRM-deprofundis-tyler.mp4
First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night
Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle of settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Echo"; 2. "De Profundis"; 3. "Song".
Performance history: Performed in a choral show called "All at Sea" in England on 21 June 2013 at All Saints Church, Dunsden Green, on 22 June 2013 at St Laurence Church, Reading, and 23 June 2013 at Oakwood Theatre, Woodley: "the show had a specially commissioned painting and a story around the various vignettes in the painting told by an actor playing a retired sailor and narrating events of his life, and of course a choral soundtrack which included Echo" performed by Reading A440 Choir, directed by Stephen Tyler. (Tyler)
Recordings: Tyler, Stephen J. "Echo." All's Fair. Performance by Reading A440 Choir, Stephen Tyler, conductor, 2013. SoundCloud, uploaded by Stephen J. Tyler, 12 July 2014, https://soundcloud.com/stephenjtyler/echo.
Sound recording, Reading A440 Choir directed by Stephen Tyler, June 2013: Stephen Tyler
"Copyright © 2006." This score and the audio recording are protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score and audio recording appear on this website by kind permission of composer Stephen Tyler. To purchase a license for public performances or recordings, please consult the composer’s website, www.stephentylermusic.com.
performance time 3 minutes and 47 seconds
File(s): CRM-echo-tyler.pdf; CRM-echo-tyler.mp3
"Holy Innocents (a lullaby)" [Stefano Puri]
First line of lyrics: Sleep, little baby sleep
genre: choral music|song|sacred music|Christmas music
Rossetti poem(s): "Holy Innocents" ("Sleep, little Baby, sleep")
Notes about the text: In the song, the word "around" replaces "surround" in line 10 of the poem.
Tempo markings: "Calmo ed espressivo, un poco rubato, sulla parola"; quarter note = 54
Performance instructions: "1. da battuta 31, i soprani si dispongono dietro al coro (a semicerchio) oppure - qualora lo spazio dell'esecuzione lo permetta, in cerchio attorno al pubblico. | 2. da battuta 35 circa, individualmente senza tempo, ciascun soprano intona (aleatoriamente) la propria parte. | 3. battuta 35, dopo alcune ripetizioni, un soprano solista intona - partendo dal Si bemolle (4) - l'antifona gregoriana "IN PARADISUM" (cfr sotto) | 4. La solista dovrà porsi distante dal coro, possibilmente non visibile. | 5. Da battuta 41 circa, il coro, individualmente muta il suono "ow" (di "tomorrow") in un Bocca Chiusa.| 6. I soprani, individualmente, concludono la propria parte intonando (senza interrompere il suono) un Bocca chiusa sul Sib | 7.Il brano dunque dovrà concludersi con il canto della solista che si allontana progressivamente (Possibilmente PRIMA della sua naturale conclusione), mentre il resto del coro intona il B.C. - L'antifona può essere anche interrotta senza giungere a conclusione" [1. From measure 31, the sopranos are placed behind the choir (in a semicircle) or - if the space of the performance permits - in a circle around the audience. | 2. By around measure 35, individually timeless, each soprano sings (randomly) his own part. | 3. Measure 35, after a few repetitions, a solo soprano intones - starting from B flat (4) - the Gregorian antiphon "IN PARADISUM" (see below) | 4. The soloist must be distant from the choir, possibly not visible. | 5. From around measure 41, the choir, individually changes the sound "ow" (of "tomorrow") in a Mouth Closed. | 6. The sopranos, individually, conclude their part by intoning (without interrupting the sound) a closed Mouth on the Bb. | 7. The piece must therefore end with the song of the soloist who gradually moves away (possibly BEFORE its natural conclusion), while the rest of the choir intones the B.C. - The antiphon can also be interrupted without reaching a conclusion.] "In Paradisum" text/chant is sung by a solo soprano at the end.
Performance history: First performed by Notevolmente on 15 Dec. 2019 as part of a Christmas concert at Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. "Notevolmente - Holy innocents (a lullaby)." YouTube, uploaded by Notevolmente, 16 Dec. 2019, https://youtu.be/IKKJBGP6V4c. Accessed 4 Apr. 2023.
Puri, Stefano; music (Italian, born 1979)
Unknown; music (Gregorian "IN PARADISUM")
Other data reference(s): "Holy Innocents (a lullaby) (Stefano Puri)." ChoralWiki. Uploaded by Stefano Puri, 5 Nov. 2018, www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Holy_Innocents_(a_lullaby)_(Stefano_Puri).
Cataloguer: Saeideh Rajabzadeh and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: ChoralWiki, www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Holy_Innocents_(a_lullaby)_(Stefano_Puri). Accessed 24 Sept. 2019.
"Holy Innocents" [source: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Holy_Innocents_(a_lullaby)_(Stefano_Puri)] by Stefano Puri [https://www.stefanopuri.com/], is licensed under the Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) License, https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/ChoralWiki:CPDL
instrumentation: a cappella|keyboard (for rehearsal only)
Composition history: "Commissioned by First Unitarian Church, Portland, Oregon, Mark Slegers, Minister of Music." Composed 9 Dec., 2008, Vancouver, B.C.
Performance instructions: "Flowing, with emotion." "*closed 'ah' | **some tenors may sing the baritone part"
Performance history: "Premiere: May 10, 2009, Portland, Oregon" ("Choral")
Recordings: "Roses on a Brier." Dawn of Night. Performance by University of Toronto MacMillan Singers, Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor, Centrediscs. "Roses on a Brier." ECS Publishing Group, www.morningstarmusic.com/roses-on-a-brier.html. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.
Chatman, Stephen; music (Canadian, born 1950)
Other data reference(s): "Choral." Works. Stephen Chatman, https://www.drstephenchatman.com/works.html#choral. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.
Musical score: University of Victory Library, Victoria
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Roses on a Brier." ECS Publishing Group, www.morningstarmusic.com/roses-on-a-brier.html. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.
2008 [composition]; 2009, 2011 [publication] [copyright]
"Copyright © 2011 by Highgate Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing, | Boston, Massachussetts. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved."
4 pages; performance time 2 minutes and 45 seconds
Place in the larger work: Third song of six in the song cycle called "Six Songs" which includes 1. "To the Storm-Wind" (P. B. Shelley); 2. "When as in Silks" (R. Herrick); 3. "When I am dead" (C. Rossetti); 4. "A Widow Bird" (P. B. Shelley); 5. "I fear thy Kisses" (P. B. Shelley); 6. "Soul of my Thought" (J. Dareing).
Notes: The sixth song of the cycle is with "'Words by Jane Dareing,' but it proves to be a very faithful English translation of the German version by von Holstein of Andersen's 'Ich liebe dich'. Grieg's most popular song." ("Reviews")
Other data reference(s): Record for "Six Songs ... 1. To the Storm-Wind. P. B. Shelley. 2. When as in Silks. R. Herrick. 3. When I am dead. C. Rossetti. 4. A Widow Bird. P. B. Shelley. 5. I fear thy Kisses. P. B. Shelley. 6. Soul of my Thought. J. Dareing." British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004356842. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023. "Reviews." Musical News, 30 Aug. 1913, vol. 45, p. 180. Google Books. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.
Musical score (manuscript): British Library, London
File(s): CRM-songwheniamdead-gerrard.pdf