"Love came down at Christmas" [John Carol Case]
genre: sacred music|carol|Christmas music|choral music|song
Notes: From the Eboracum choral series, ECS 291.
Case, John Carol; music (English, 1923-2012)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/498542503. Accessed 11 April 2019.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
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"Love came down at Christmas" [Philip Radcliffe]
Radcliffe, Philip; music (English, 1905-1986)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/877793419. Accessed 13 April 2019.
"Love came down at Christmas" [Simon Lole]
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54397253. Accessed 13 April 2019.
First line of lyrics: Is the moon tired?
Part of: "Two Lullabies of Christina Rossetti" or "Songs of Christina Rossetti: Two Lullabies for Voice and Viola" [title on cover]
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
Rossetti poem(s): "'Is the moon tired? she looks so pale'" |"'What do the stars do'"|"'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
Place in the larger work: The second song of two in a song cycle called "2 Lullabies of Christina Rossetti", settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Is the moon tired?"
Work contains multiple Christina Rossetti texts
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the entire text of "'Is the moon tired? She looks so pale,'" the first stanza of "'What do the stars do'" and the entire text of "'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
Tempo markings: "Largo"; quarter note = 80
Recordings: St.Johanser, Joe. "Is the Moon Tired? for Soprano and Viola." Performance by Helen Semple, soprano and Suzanne Evans, viola. YouTube, uploaded 21 May 2010, https://youtu.be/df9Mb1oiAIA.
St.Johanser, Joe; music (British, born 1941)
Other data reference(s): "Songs and Chamber Works." Joe St.Johanser, http://www.joestjohanser.co.uk/newsong.htm. Accessed 18 Jan 2017.
Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score with viola: Joe St.Johanser
Woking, Surrey: Robosoft Music Productions Limited
2010 [video recording]; 2011 [publication] [copyright]
Copyright © Robosoft Music 2011. All rights reserved. This score appears on this website by kind permission of composer Joe. St.Johanser.
2 page (pp, 5-6); complete song cycle performance time 6 minutes.
File(s): CRM-isthemoontired-stjohanser.pdf
"Who Has Seen the Wind?" [Joe St.Johanser]
First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"|"'I have a little husband'"
Place in the larger work: The first song of two in a song cycle called "2 Lullabies of Christina Rossetti", settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Who has seen the wind?"; 2. "Is the moon tired?"
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the entire text of "'Who has seen the wind?'" followed by the entire text of "'I have a little husband.'"
Tempo markings: "Andante"; dotted quarter note = 60
Recordings: St.Johanser, Joe. "Who has seen the wind? A song for soprano and viola to a poem of Christina Rossetti." Performance by Helen Semple, soprano and Suzanne Evans, viola. YouTube, uploaded 25 May 2010, https://youtu.be/1NSQuk6xej0.
2 pages (pp. 3-4); complete song cycle performance time 6 minutes
First line of lyrics: Boats sail on the rivers
Part of: "Four short songs for children"
Rossetti poem(s): "'Boats sail on the rivers'"
Place in the larger work: First song of four in a song cycle called "Four short songs for children" which includes 1. "The Rainbow" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "Sea Shell" (Amy Lowell); 3. "The Swing" (Robert Louis Stevenson); 4. "The Crocodile" (Lewis Carroll).
Tempo markings: "Moderato"; quarter note = 100
Recordings: This audio representation is an electronic playback of a digital score: St.Johanser, Joe. "Four short songs for children." YouTube, uploaded 21 Jan. 2016, https://youtu.be/3giLFVsjmKg.
Copyright © Robosoft Music 2016. All rights reserved. This score appears on this website by kind permission of composer Joe. St.Johanser.
2 pages; complete song cycle performance time approx. 5 minutes
First line of lyrics: She sitteth still who used to dance
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp
Rossetti poem(s): "The German-French Campaign. 1870-1871"
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the second of two parts of the poem, which starts on line 37 and is subtitled "Today for Me." The third line in the penultimate stanza (l. 63), was modified and reads "And one abides, and one abides who can bind up" instead of "And One abides can yet bind up."
Composition history: "Words used by kind permission of the publishers Messrs Macmillan and Co., London."
Tempo markings: "In slow march rhythm, the expression sombre"; about quarter note = 96
Notes: For "High voice, in G [sharp] min." and a version for "Low voice, in E min."
Treharne, Bryceson; music (Welsh, 1879-1948)
musical score for high voice: Washington University Digital Gateway: Image Collections & Exhibitions http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/11624
musical score for low voice: Washington University Digital Gateway: Image Collections & Exhibitions http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/11651
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company; New York: Chas H. Ditson & Co.; Chicago: Lyon & Healy
"Copyright MCMXVII by Oliver Ditson Company, International Copyright Secured"
Record: CRM-germanfrenchcampaign-treharne
File(s): CRM-germanfrenchcampaign-treharne-high.pdf; CRM-germanfrenchcampaign-treharne-low.pdf
"Love came down at Christmas" [Philip Moore]
genre: sacred music|choral music|Christmas music|song
Moore, Philip; music (English, born 1943)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221862430. Accessed 11 April 2019.
Hildenborough, Kent, England: Encore Publications
"Variations on Love came down at Christmas" [arr. David N. Johnson, music unknown composer]
genre: instrumental|Christmas music|song|sacred music
Tempo markings: "Allegro"; eighth note = eighth note
Unknown; music (Irish folk tune “Gartan” [also known as “Garten” and “Garton”])
Johnson, David N. [Nathaniel]; music (American, 1922-1988)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Variations on Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2282417. Accessed 1 May 2019.
musical score: University of Alberta, Edmonton
"Copyright © 1974 Augsburg Publishing House. All Rights Reserved.
"Love came down at Christmas" [arr. L.L. Dix, music unknown composer]
First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas
genre: carol|hymn|Christmas music|sacred music|song
Notes about the text: The hymn is accompanied by the following scripture: "On earth peace, good will toward men" (St. Luke ii. 14).
Other data reference(s): Record for "Church hymnal, with accompanying tunes." University of Toronto Libraries, http://go.utlib.ca/cat/1425221. Accessed 24 June 2019.
musical score: "Love came down at Christmas." Church Hymnal, Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1919, pp. 972. Toronto Knox College Library, Toronto.
Dublin: Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge
File(s): CRM-christmastide-unknown-dix.pdf
"Love came down at Christmas" [arr. W.H. Grindle, music unknown composer]
genre: anthem|sacred music|choral music|Christmas music|song
instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)
Notes: The name of the Irish folk tune used for this setting is spelled “Garton” in the WorldCat record.
Grindle, W.H. [William Henry]; arrangement (1935-2013)
Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/265836509. Accessed 11 April 2019.
Record: CRM-christmastide-grindle-garton
First line of lyrics: Angels at the foot
Rossetti poem(s): "'Angels at the foot'"
Composition history: This song was composed for The Year Book Press Series book called "Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo" (1925), the second after “Kookoorookoo and Other Poems”. “Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo” contains 34 songs, each setting a poem from Rossetti's collection “Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book," "words used by permission of Messrs. MacMillan And Co. Ltd." The Preface from “Koorookookoo and Other Poems”, the first of the two series, states: "'I will set as many as you like at once.' Such a stimulating remark from an English composer at the head of his profession could not fail to turn the scales in the mind of a hesitating Editor who wondered whether he was right in suggesting the musical treatment of the charming yet simple verses of Christina Rossetti. The Editor at once approached some of the many composers who have already shown through their sound work that there are men in England competent to help our children in forming a native musical appreciation based on contemporary English musical thought. One and all readily and cheerfully gave of their best, and the Editor and Publisher here record their grateful thanks. The Editor believes that the English public will welcome such work, and that the pleasure which the composers were pleased to express in doing the work will be equally felt by the children—grown-up and young—for whom this book is written. A unique 'Contents' page adds a touch of personal interest in the book.” Ives (DM202-DM227) writes that the first “collection originated with Martin Ackerman, the editor of the Year Book Press Music Series.”
Wood, Charles; music (Irish, active and died in English, 1866-1926)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM269; Gooch and Thatcher 4196
Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
musical score: "Angels at the foot." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 67-68. New York Public Library, New York.
London: H. F. W. Deane & Sons, The Year Book Press Ltd.
"Copyright, 1925, by H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 31 Museum Street, London, W.C.1."
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM268; Gooch and Thatcher 4508
musical score: "Lie a-bed, sleepy head." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 65-66. New York Public Library, New York.
First line of lyrics: Hopping frog, hop here and be seen
Rossetti poem(s): "'Hopping frog, hop here and be seen'"
Macpherson, Charles; music (Scottish, died in England, 1870-1927)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM267; Gooch and Thatcher 4470
musical score: "Hopping frog." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 63-64. New York Public Library, New York.
"Twist me a crown of wind-flowers" [Basil Harwood]
First line of lyrics: Twist me a crown of wind-flowers
Rossetti poem(s): "'Twist me a crown of wind-flowers'"
Harwood, Basil; music (English, 1859-1949)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM266; Gooch and Thatcher 4830
musical score: "Twist me a crown of wind-flowers." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 61-62. New York Public Library, New York.
First line of lyrics: Dancing on the hilltops
Rossetti poem(s): "'Dancing on the hill-tops'"
Lang, Craig Sellar; music (British, born in New-Zealand, 1891-1971)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM265; Gooch and Thatcher 4340
musical score: "Dancing on the hilltops." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 58-60. New York Public Library, New York.
"O wind, why do you never rest?" [Martin Akerman]
First line of lyrics: O wind, why do you never rest?
Rossetti poem(s): "'O wind, why do you never rest'"
Akerman, R. F. Martin; music (British, active 1900-1930s)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM264; Gooch and Thatcher 4668
musical score: "O wind, why do you never rest?." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 56-57. New York Public Library, New York.
"Here what the mournful linnets say" [Emily Daymond]
First line of lyrics: Here what the mournful linnets say
Rossetti poem(s): "'Hear what the mournful linnets say'"
Daymond, Emily Rosa; music (English, 1866-1949)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM263; Gooch and Thatcher 4455
musical score: "Here what the mournful linnets say." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 54-55. New York Public Library, New York.
File(s): CRM-hearwhatthemournful-daymond.pdf
First line of lyrics: On the grassy banks
Rossetti poem(s): "'On the grassy banks'"
Palmer, Alan; music (British, active 1920s)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM262; Gooch and Thatcher 4672
musical score: "On the grassy banks." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, p. 53. New York Public Library, New York.
File(s): CRM-onthegrassybanks-palmer.pdf
First line of lyrics: The days are clear
Rossetti poem(s): "'The days are clear'"
Howells, Herbert [Norman]; music (English, 1892-1983)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM261; Gooch and Thatcher 4342
musical score: "The days are clear." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 51-52. New York Public Library, New York.
"If the sun could tell us half" [William H. Harris]
First line of lyrics: If the sun could tell us half
Rossetti poem(s): "'If the sun could tell us half'"
Harris, William Henry, Sir; music (English, 1883-1973)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM260; Gooch and Thatcher 4493
musical score: "If the sun could tell us half." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 49-50. New York Public Library, New York.
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM259; Gooch and Thatcher 4474
musical score: "I am a King." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 46-48. New York Public Library, New York.
"When a mountain skylark sings" [Edgar L. Bainton]
First line of lyrics: When a mountain skylark sings
Rossetti poem(s): "'When a mounting skylark sings'"
Bainton, Edgar L. [Leslie]; music (British, moved to Australia in 1934, 1880-1956)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM258; Gooch and Thatcher 4856
musical score: "When a mountain skylark sings." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 44-45. New York Public Library, New York.
"Heart's-ease in my garden bed" [Robert T. White]
First line of lyrics: Heart's-ease in my garden bed
Rossetti poem(s): "'Heartsease in my garden bed'"
White, Robert T. [Thomas]; music (British, born 1869)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM257; Gooch and Thatcher 4456
musical score: "Heart's-ease in my garden bed." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, pp. 42-43. New York Public Library, New York.
File(s): CRM-heartseaseinmygarden-white.pdf
"Love me, I love you" [Thomas F. Dunhill]
First line of lyrics: Love me,—I love you
Rossetti poem(s): "'Love me,—I love you'"
Dunhill, Thomas F. [Frederick]; music (English, 1877-1946)
In reference to the published works below: Ives DM256; Gooch and Thatcher 4585
musical score: "Love me, I love you." Kikirikee: a sequel to Kookoorookoo. London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons The Year Book Press Ltd., 1925, p. 41. New York Public Library, New York.