First line of lyrics: The wind has such a rainy sound
Rossetti poem(s): "'The wind has such a rainy sound'"
Notes: This song is one of three settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in "The Eleanor Smith Music Primer" (1911), in Part III: "Songs for Sight Seeing Practice." The Preface states that this book "presents a collection of songs to be used during the first year [...] The songs comprising the book will be found varied in origin and character, childlike in spirit and very simple in structure. [...] Music of lasting quality has been chosen--songs which, when remembered in later years, may be treasured as the foundation of mature good taste. Chief among these are the beautiful fold songs with which the book abounds."
Smith, Eleanor Sophia; music (American, 1858-1942)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. The Eleanor Smith Music Primer, American Book Company, 1911, p. 120. HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100414963. Accessed 29 Jun 2021.
New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company
"Copyright, 1911, by Eleanor Smith -- Entered at Stationers' Hall, London -- Primer"
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"Six-eight Time Studies I" [unknown composer]
First line of lyrics: Fly away, fly away over the sea
Rossetti poem(s): "'Fly away, fly away over the sea'"
Notes: This song is one of two settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, third volume "A Second Book in Vocal Music" (1901), with C. E. Richard Mueller, The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them."
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Second Book of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 33. HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006577591. Accessed 29 Jun 2021.
Scott, Foresman and Company; New York, Boston, Chicago: Silver, Burdett and Company
"Copyright, 1898, 1898 | By Scott, Foresman & Company. | Copyright, 1901, | By Silver, Burdett & Company."
First line of lyrics: The sunrise wakes the lark to sing
Notes: This song is one of two settings of poems by Christina Rossetti found in Eleanor Smith's Modern Music Series, third volume "A Second Book in Vocal Music" (1901), with C. E. Richard Mueller, and categorized in a section called "Songs of Nature." The following statement is found prominently on the title page of the book: "Wherein the study of musical structure is pursued through the consideration of complete melodic forms and practice based on exercises related to them."
Musical score: Smith, Eleanor. A Second Book of Vocal Music, The Modern Music Series, Silver, Burdett and Company, 1901, p. 80-81. HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006577591. Accessed 29 Jun 2021.
File(s): CRM-birdraptures-attenhofer.pdf
"Who Has Seen the Wind?" [Edwin T. Childs]
First line of lyrics: Who has seen the wind?
Rossetti poem(s): "'Who has seen the wind?'"
Performance instructions: "Gently" "Two-part with Flute (or C Instrument) and Piano"
Recordings: "Who Has Seen the Wind?." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Who-Has-Seen-the-Wind%3F/10512918.item#/. Accessed 30 Jun 2021.
Childs, Edwin T.; music (American, born 1945)
Cataloguer: Atifa Munshi, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Who Has Seen the Wind?." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Who-Has-Seen-the-Wind%3F/10512918.item#/. Accessed 30 Jun 2021.
"Copyright © 2015 Choristers Guild. All rights reserved. | Reproduction of all or any part is prohibited without permission of the publisher. | The copying of this music is prohibited by law and is not covered by CCLI, LicenSing, or OneLicense.net."
8 pages; performance time ca. 2 minutes and 20 seconds
"Ferry Me across the Water" [Hagen, Daron]
Part of: "Three Silent Things"|"Letting Go"
instrumentation: violin|viola|cello|piano
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
Rossetti poem(s): "'Ferry me across the water'"
Place in the larger work: The third song of twelve in the song cycle called "Three Silent Things," which includes 1. "I Depart as Air" (Walt Whitman); 2. "Despite and Still" (Robert Graves); 3. "Ferry Me Across the Water" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "Do I Love You?" (Jack Larson); 5. "Pitiless God" (Robinson Jeffers); 6. "Three Silent Things" (Adelaide Crapsey); 7. "Song Without Words (Instrumental); 8. "Just Now (Adelaide Crapsey); 9. "Specimen Case" (Walt Whitman); 10. "Rain in Spring" (Paul Goodman); 11. "Now That I Love You (Robert Graves); 12. "A Clear Day and No Memories" (Wallace Stevens). The second song of seven in the song cycle called "Letting Go," which includes 1. "A Suite of Appearances" (Mark Strand); 2. "Ferry Me across the Water"; 3. (Christina Rossetti); "Ghost Letter" (Richard McCann); 4. "'I'll sing a song to my love'" (Gwen Hagen); 5. "Prayer to Sparrow in Two Seasons" (Jeffrey Skinner); 6. "The Second Law" (Stephen Sandy); 7. "Psalm 150."
Composition history: "Three Silent Things is perhaps Hagen's most personal, introspective song cycle. From the start, the composer conceived of the cycle as a summation of, and a farewell to, his years in Philadelphia. Appropriately, he reached out to his closest friends at the time and composed a work that he could perform with them. [...] Hagen included Ferry Me Across the Water [to cycle "Three Silent Things"] because it was the first song that he had composed for Karen Hale, the singer in the ensemble, with whom he had performed it many times. (Hagen revised the song, years later, and included it in the song cycle Letting Go.)" ("Three Little Things...") "Letting Go was assembled from songs composed over the course of nearly two decades and completed as a cycle during the winter of 2002 in New York City. It consists of seven songs, all of which deal with love and death. [...] Ferry Me Across the Water was finished a decade earlier on 25 October 1983 in Philadelphia." ("Letting Go...")
Tempo markings: quarter note = 76 ("Letting Go") (Carman 1208b)
Performance instructions: "Flexible and Blue" ("Letting Go") (Carman 1208b)
Performance history: "['Three Silent Things'] Premiere: 13 April 1984 / Curtis Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Karen Hale, soprano / Michaela Paetsch, violin / Lisa Ponton, viola / Robert LaRue, cello / Daron Hagen, piano" ("Three Silent Things...") "['Letting Go'] Premiere: 11 December 2002 / Auditório do Departamento de Comunicação e Arte da Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal / Claire Vangelisti, soprano / Alfredo Carerra, piano" ("Letting Go...")
Dedication: "for Karen, Michaela, Lisa, and Robert" ("Three Silent Things..."). "To Gilda Marie Lyons" [complete cycle] ("Letting Go...")
Notes: Review: "Daron Hagen, I know, won't set a song if he hasn't memorized the lyrics.... [This] cycle is heartbreaking [...] The harmonies in 'Ferry Me Across the Water' wander in a way that reminds me of Schoenberg and shift subtly into a conventional tonality at the end; Hagen does this enviably well. — Stephen Estep, American Record Guide, January-February, 2009" ("Letting Go...")
Hagen, Daron; music (American, born 1961)
Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html
Other data reference(s): "Letting Go." Daron Hagen, https://www.daronhagen.com/songs-and-cycles/letting-go. Accessed 5 Jul 2021. "Three Silent Things." Daron Hagen, https://www.daronhagen.com/songs-and-cycles/three-silent-things. Accessed 5 Jul 2021. Carman, Judith E., et al. Art Song in the United States, 1759-2011. Fourth edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013, 1208b.
Burning Sled Music ("Three Silent Things..."); New York: Carl Fischer ("Letting Go...")
1983 [composition]; 1984 [composition of "Three Silent Things"]; 2002 [composition of "Letting Go"] [copyright]
2 pages ("Letting Go") (Carman 1208b); complete "Letting Go" cycle performance time 18 minutes ("Letting Go..."); complete "Three Silent Things" cycle performance time 25 minutes ("Three Silent Things...")
First line of lyrics: Every valley drinks
Place in the larger work: The third song of twelve in the song cycle called "A Goodly Heritage," which includes 1. "Under the Greenwood tree" (William Shakespeare); 2. "The Cuckoo" (John Bunyan); 3. "Winter Rain" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "The rewards of farming" (Anonymous); 5. "The Grasshopper" (Richard Lovelace); 6. "Rain after drought" (Sidney Gray); 7. "Autumn" (Canon Dixon); 8. "When Icicles hang by the wall" (William Shakespeare); 9. "To meadows" (Robert Herrick); 10. "The Echoing Green" (William Blake); 11. "Evening" (Percy Bysshe Shelley); 12. "Pleasure it is" (William Cornish)
Tempo markings: "Poco adagio"; quarter note = 52
Performance instructions: The title page includes the statement "Twelve Songs of the Countryside for Women's voices with accompaniment of String Orchestra and Pianoforte." "N.B. When the work is performed with pianoforte accompaniment the Introduction [of 'A Goodly Heritage'] may be omitted if desired"
Dedication: "For the Womens' Choirs of Surrey"
Jacob, Gordon; music (English, 1895-1984)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4897
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Musical score: University of Ottawa Library, Ottawa
London: Joseph Williams Limited; New York: Mills Music Inc.
"Copyright 1950 by Joseph Williams Limited. | 29, Enford Street, Marylebone, London. W. I. | All Rights Reserved"
8 pages (pp. 17-23 in score with piano accompaniment); complete song cycle performance time 30 minutes
"On the Land and the Sea" [Jan Meyerowitz]
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|organ
Performance instructions: "SATB chorus and organ or piano ad libitum" (Ezust) (Gooch and Thatcher 4427)
Meyerowitz, Jan; music (American, born in Germany, became U.S. citizen in 1951, 1913-1998)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4427
Other data reference(s): Carman, Judith E., et al. Art Song in the United States, 1759-2011. Fourth edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013, 1825. United States, Washington, Library of Congress, Copyright Office. Published Music: January-June 1953. Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, vol. 7, part 5 A, no. 1, 1954, p. 192. Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig375li/page/192/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Meyerowitz. Accessed 7 Jul 2021.
1952 [publication]; 1954 [publication for SATB version]
Rossetti poem(s): "'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
Notes: In E Major (Carman 1851). Published in a collection called "Eight Songs" by Ben Moore (2008, reprinted 2009) of settings of works by various poets, with "Lullaby" as first of the eight songs. (Record for...)
Moore, Benjamin C.; music (American, born in 1960)
Other data reference(s): "Purchase Printed Music." Ben Moore's Music, Moore Art, https://www.mooreart.com/music/purchase. Accessed 6 Jul 2021. Carman, Judith E., et al. Art Song in the United States, 1759-2011. Fourth edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013, 1851. Record for "Eight Songs." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1062774381. Accessed 6 Jul 2021.
Fayetteville: Selling agent, Classical Vocal Reprints
First line of lyrics: Good-bye in fear, good-bye in sorrow
Rossetti poem(s): "'Good-bye in fear, good-bye in sorrow'"
Place in the larger work: The fourth song of four in the song cycle called "Four Songs," which includes 1. "Songs" (Robert Louis Stevenson); 2. "Serenade" (Nathan Haskell Dole); 3. "The Blackbird" (Wm. E. Henley); 4. "Good-bye" (Christina Rossetti)
Tempo markings: "Allegretto, poco agitato"
Dedication: "To Mrs. Homer Eugene Sawyer."
Parker, Horatio W. [William]; music (American, 1863-1919)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4440
"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" [Alec Wilder]
First line of lyrics: When I am dead, my dearest
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
Recordings: "When I Am Dead, My Dearest for voice and piano." Songs of Alec Wilder, performance by Valerie Errante, soprano, Robert Wason, piano, Eastman American Music Series, vol. 10, Albany Music Distribution, 2000. YouTube, uploaded by Valerie Errante - Topic, 23 Jan. 2019.
Wilder, Alec; music (American, 1907-1980)
Other data reference(s): "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." AllMusic, https://www.allmusic.com/album/re,lease/songs-of-alec-wilder-mr0001960524. Accessed 7 Jul. 2020. Carman, Judith E., et al. Art Song in the United States, 1759-2011. Fourth edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013, 2644. Romriell, Mackenzie Kay. "Analysis of Nine Selected Songs of Alec Wilder." Classically Unsung: The Art Songs of Alec Wilder. 2017. The University of Arizona, PhD dissertation. pp. 18-60. UA Campus Repository, University of Arizona, https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/623029. Accessed 7 Jul. 2021.
2 pages; performance time approximately 2 minutes
"The First Day of Spring" [Keith Loftis]
First line of lyrics: I wonder if the sap is stirring yet
genre: choral music|song|children's music|part song
chorus: children's two-part chorus|two-part chorus
Rossetti poem(s): "The First Spring Day"
Notes about the text: In the setting, lines 5-6 of the poem have been omitted.
Composition history: "Commission for the 20th Anniversary of the Tacoma Youth Chorus | Music Makers--Connie Schmidt, Director | Concert Choir--Judith Herrington, Director"
Other data reference(s): “Keith Loftis.” Pavane Publishing, Pavane Publishing, www.pavanepublishing.com/Site/43.
Musical score: "Keith Loftis." Pavane Publishing, http://www.pavanepublishing.com/Site/43/. Accessed 8 Jul. 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Keith Loftis." Pavane Publishing, http://www.pavanepublishing.com/Site/43/. Accessed 8 Jul. 2021.
"© Copyright 2021 by Pavane Publishing. All right reserved. Made in U.S.A. www.PavanePublishing.com"
"The Shepherds Had an Angel" [Neil Harmon]
First line of lyrics: The shepherd had an angel
genre: Christmas music|choral music|song|sacred music
other version 1 - instrumentation: harp|strings|chimes|chamber orchestra
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol, for my Godchildren" ("The shepherds had an angel")
Notes about the text: In the setting, "Shepherd" replaces "Guardian" at the end of the first line in stanza 2 (l. 7) of the poem; stanza 3 of the poem is omitted; "lead" replaced "care for" in the second line of the stanza 5 (l. 26) of the poem; stanzas 6-8 of the poem are omitted; "Lord bring me" is added at the beginning of the first line of the last stanza and "dearer" in the poem (l. 49) is omitted; "sing" replaces "given" in line 53 of the poem.
Tempo markings: dotted quarter note = 86
Performance instructions: "SATB Chorus and Piano (or harp, strings & chimes)"
Recordings: "The Shepherds Had an Angel." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/The-Shepherds-Had-an-Angel/10873709.item#/submit. Accessed 9 Jul. 2021.
Dedication: "for the Grace Church Choir"
Harmon, Neil; music (American, born 1967)
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: “The Shepherds Had an Angel.” J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/The-Shepherds-Had-an-Angel/10873709.item#/. Accessed 9 Jul. 2021. "The Shepherds Had An Angel (SATB Choir) - by Neil Harmon." YouTube, uploaded by Hal Leonard Choral, 3 Jul. 2018, https://youtu.be/b-p9QLse5MI
"Copyright © 2018 by Hinshaw Music | Administrated worldwide by Fred Bock Music Company | All rights reserved. Made in U.S.A. | www.hinshawmusic.com"
Record: CRM-christmascarolformygodchildren-harmon
First line of lyrics: Great or small below
genre: choral music|sacred music|anthem|song
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
Rossetti poem(s): "'Ye that fear Him, both small and great'"
Composition history: "Great or Small was commissioned by the National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, Artistic Director, in 2013."
Tempo markings: "Maestoso"; quarter note = ca. 108; eighth note = ca. 216
Performance instructions: "an anthem for SATB chorus (with divisi and an Alto solo)" ("Great or Small." Zachary Wadsworth)"
Performance history: "Premiere performance at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (Mahtomedi, MN) on May 4, 2014 by the National Lutheran Choir (David Cherwien, conductor) and organist Aaron David Miller." ("Great or Small" ECS Publishing)
Recordings: "Great or Small." Exalt, performance by the National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, director, Aaron David Miller, organ, Catapult, 2014. Great or Small. Performance by the National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, conductor, Aaron David Miller, organ, David Trembley, Soundmaster Productions, recording engineer, Minneapolis, MN. ECS Publishing Group, www.canticledistributing.com/catalog/product/view/id/53588/s/great-or-small/#. Accessed 9 Jul. 2021.
Notes: "After an explosive choral introduction, a soprano soloist sings of future peace, and the work then culminates in a vivid choral climax." ("Great or Small" ECS Publishing)
Wadsworth, Zachary; music (American-Canadian, born 1983)
Other data reference(s): "Great or Small." ECS Publishing Group, https://www.canticledistributing.com/catalog/product/view/id/53588/s/great-or-small/. Accessed 9 Jul. 2021. "Great or Small." Zachary Wadsworth, https://www.zacharywadsworth.com/works/great-or-small. Accessed 9 Jul. 2021.
Cataloguer: Atifa Munshi and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: “Great or Small.” ECS Publishing Group, www.canticledistributing.com/catalog/product/view/id/53588/s/great-or-small/#. Accessed 9 Jul. 2021.
2014 [composition]; 2015 [publication] [copyright]
"© Copyright 2015 by E. C. Schirmer Music Company, Inc., | a division of ECS Publishing, www.ecspublishing.com | All rights reserved."
"In Memorium (Remember Me)" [Michael John Trotta]
First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away
Notes about the text: The setting does not include "you understand" found in line 7 of the poem, "you should" in line 12 and "that you should" in the last line (l. 13).
Tempo markings: dotted quarter note = ca. 72
Performance instructions: "SATB, piano (opt. a cappella)." Includes a solo or small group descant.
Recordings: “In Memoriam.” J.W. Pepper & Son, www.jwpepper.com/In-Memoriam/11315430.item#/submit. Accessed 12 Jul. 2021. "Remember Me - Michael John Trotta." YouTube, uploaded by Michael John Trotta, 29 Sep. 2020, https://youtu.be/sbQZV-_BIrc.
Dedication: "In memory of Mrs. Jennifer Grass. She will forever be a Miller Mustang in our hearts and minds"
Trotta, Michael John; music (American, born 1978)
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: “In Memoriam.” J.W. Pepper & Son, www.jwpepper.com/In-Memoriam/11315430.item#/submit. Accessed 12 Jul. 2021. "Remember Me - Michael John Trotta." YouTube, uploaded by Michael John Trotta, 29 Sep. 2020, https://youtu.be/sbQZV-_BIrc.
"Music and Text © 2020 Hampton Road Music Group LLC. All Rights Reserved. | 171 Broad St. #421 | Red Bank, NJ 07701"
First line of lyrics: It is over. What is over?
Composition history: "Commissioned by the 2014 Women's Choir Commission Consortium of the American Choral Director's Association (ACDA) | Iris S. Levine, National Repertoire and Standards Chair for Women's Choirs." "Springfield MO | December 2014" appears at the end of the score. Composer notes: "When I encountered this poem by Christina Rossetti, I immediately thought of my mother’s life. She has had a difficult journey, although someone meeting her for the first time would never know . . . After everything that has happened, she is able to understand that spring will, in fact, bloom where now the ice is – that all things ultimately teach us something and make us better, if only we will let them . . . There seemed no better way to honor my mother (who is a lover of music and a musician herself) than to have women’s choirs across the country singing these words. Perhaps someone going through a difficult time will find comfort in them." ("Spring Shall Bloom")
Tempo markings: "Moderate with rubato"; dotted quarter note = 66
Performance history: Premiered in Spring 2015 at Lexington High School by the LHS Chamber Singers and throughout their China tour. ("LHS Chamber Singers"). Performed on 3 March 2018, Vancouver, St. John's Shaughnessy Anglican Church, by Elektra Women’s Choir, Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director, Stephen Smith, piano in a concert called "Fire Flowers – A tribute to the resilience of the human spirit" ("Fire Flowers..."), on July 2, 2018 in St. John's, Newfoundland at Podium on the Edge, Choral Canada's 2018 national, biennial choral conference and concert festival. ("Choral Canada Podium Conference...") "Spring Shall Bloom, performed by Elektra Women's Choir." YouTube, uploaded by Elektra Women's Choir, 15 July 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnVu8UFBsq8. Accessed 13 February 2021.
Recordings: "Spring Shall Bloom (Live)". Michigan Youth Arts Festival 2015 Gala Concert (Live). Performance by Holland West Ottawa High School Select Women's Ensemble, Pam Pierson, director, Soundwaves Recording, 2015. Apple Music, https://music.apple.com/us/album/michigan-youth-arts-festival-2015-gala-concert-live/1065368164. Accessed 13 February 2021. "Spring Shall Bloom." Fire Flowers, performance by Elektra Women's Choir, Morna Edmundson, director, Stephen Smith, piano, 2020. Apple Music, https://music.apple.com/us/album/fire-flowers/1525651584. Accessed 13 February 2021. "Spring Shall Bloom." Santa Barbara Music Publishing, performance by Kennesaw State University Women’s Choir, Alison Mann, conductor, https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1311. Accessed 14 Jul. 2021.
Dedication: "Written in honor of my mother, Sherre Marek, | who is courage in the face of trial, openness when all is closed, and strength in times of weakness."
LaBarr, Susan; music (American, born 1981)
Other data reference(s): "LHS Chamber Singers." LHS Choral Department, 30 Sep. 2019. http://www.lhschoral.org/chamber-singers. Accessed 9 Mar. 2021. "Spring Shall Bloom." Elektra Women's Choir, elektra.ca/pieces/spring-shall-bloom/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2021. "Fire Flowers - A tribute to the resilience of the human spirit." Elektra Women's Choir, https://elektra.ca/performances/fire-flowers-a-tribute-to-the-resilience-of-the-human-spirit/. Accessed 14 Jul. 2021. "Choral Canada Podium Conference, NL (3 concerts)." Elektra Women's Choir, https://elektra.ca/performances/elektra-performs-at-podium-st-johns-nfld/. Accessed 14 Jul. 2021.
Cataloguer: Baylie Karperien, University of Ottawa
Musical score: "Spring Shall Bloom." Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1311. Accessed 14 Jul. 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Spring Shall Bloom." Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1311. Accessed 14 Jul. 2021.
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.
2014 December [composition]; 2015 [copyright]
"It is illegal to duplicate this by photocopy or any other means. | © Copyright 2015 for ALL COUNTRIES by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc."
14 pages; performance time 5 minutes and 40 seconds.
"Love came down at Christmas" [Derek Healey]
First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas
genre: choral music|carol|sacred music|Christmas music|song
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|harp
other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one flat
Tempo markings: "Tranquillo"; eighth note = 106
Performance instructions: "Piano or Harp" accompaniment.
Recordings: "Derek Healey: Love Came Down at Christmas." Performance by Saskatoon Chamber Singers, James Hawn, director, Rod Epp, accompanist, December 2016. SoundCloud, uploaded by Saskatoon Chamber Singers, 21 Dec. 2020, https://soundcloud.com/saskatoonchambersingers/love-came-down.
Healey, Derek; music (English, lived and worked in Canada & US, born 1936)
Other data reference(s): "Choir Sacred." Derek Healey, http://derekhealey.com/ChoirSacred.html. Accessed 19 Jul. 2021.
Cataloguer: Jennifer Frederick (SATB) and Emily McConkey (SSA), University of Ottawa
Musical score for SATB: Morriset Library, University of Ottawa
2009 [composition]; 2011 [publication] [copyright]
"© Copyright 2011 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing, Boston, Massachusetts." This score is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score appears on the website by kind permission of Derek Healey.
4 pages; performance time 2 minutes and 15 seconds
File(s): CRM-christmastide-healey-satb.pdf; CRM-christmastide-healey-ssa.pdf
"Love came down at Christmas" [Alan Bullard]
genre: carol|choral music|Christmas music|song|sacred music
Performance instructions: For "piano or full orchestra."
Recordings: "Alan Bullard Love came down at Christmas," performance by Oxford Choir, director Bob Chilcott. YouTube, uploaded by counterpoint, 21 Sep. 2014, https://youtu.be/1n2BbKM3sfI. Accessed 22 Jul. 2021.
Bullard, Alan; music (English, born 1947)
Other data reference(s): "Love came down at Christmas." Oxford University Press, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/love-came-down-at-christmas-9780193360617?q=love%20came%20down%20at%20Chirstmas&lang=en&cc=gb#. Accessed 22 Jul. 2021. Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230703535. Accessed 15 April 2019.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Love came down at Christmas." Oxford University Press, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/love-came-down-at-christmas-9780193360617?q=love%20came%20down%20at%20Chirstmas&lang=en&cc=gb#. Accessed 22 Jul. 2021.
8 pages; performance time 3 minutes and 30 seconds
First line of lyrics: We met, hand to hand
instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)
Notes about the text: This song is a setting of part I (stanzas 1 to 3) of the poem.
Forsyth, Cecil; music (English, 1870-1941)
Reference: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, http://imslp.org/
Cataloguer: Anna MacDonald, University of British Columbia
Musical score: IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, https://imslp.org/wiki/Twilight_Night_(Forsyth%2C_Cecil). Accessed 12 March 2019.
New York: The H.W. Gray Co; London: Novello & Company
First line of lyrics: My heart is like a singing bird
trio: soprano, mezzo-soprano, and contralto
Tempo markings: "Allegro"; cir. quarter note = 152
Performance instructions: "Part Song for Ladies' Chorus (or Ladies' Trio)"
Hay, Edward Norman; music (Irish, 1889-1943)
Cataloguer: Sarah Pennington, University of Ottawa
"Copyright, 1918, in U.S.A. by Stainer & Bell Ltd. 58 Berners Street, London, W. I"
First line of lyrics: The curtains were half drawn, the floor was swept
instrumentation: orchestra|electronic drumpad
Place in the larger work: The sixth song of seven in the song cycle called “Afterlife” which is divided into three movements. They include: I. "From Those Left Behind": "A Shade upon the mind there passes" (Emily Dickinson) (p. 1), "Loves One," "Too Many Poems About Dead Friends," "Eva Died" (Judith Wolf) (p. 17), "'Tis not the Dying hurts us so" (Emily Dickinson) (p. 32); II. "Bittersweet": "It's easy to invent a Life" (Emily Dickinson) (p.40), "Don't Let Them Throw Away the Clothes" (Judith Wolf) (p. 50); III. "From Those Departed": "After Death" (Christina Rossetti) (p. 61), "I heard a Fly buzz—when I died" (Emily Dickinson) (p. 101).
Composition history: "commissioned by Judith G and Edwin H. Wolf | for the Phoenix Symphony"
Performance instructions: "For mezzo, orchestra & electronica" 2 flutes (2nd = piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 Bflat clarinets (2nd = base clarinet), 2 bassoons (2nd = contrabassoon), 4 horns in F, 3 C trumpets, 1 tenor trombone, 1 bass trombone, laptop (see performance notes), percussions (3 players), harp, piano/celesta, strings. Performance Notes: "The piece requires simply two stereo speakers, placed on the left and right sides of the stage, a few onstage monitors, and any kind of laptop. A monitor placed near the conductor, as well as a few additional monitors placed within the orchestra, will help the performers stay in precise tempo with the electronic part . . . An assistant conductor or percussionist triggers the sounds on an electronic drumpad . . . following the instructions in the electronic part in the score . . . Because the electronic part is primarily ambient . . . a click track is not needed. A live, more performative version of the electronic part can be realized when the composer is present."
Bates, Mason; music (American, born 1977)
Other data reference(s): "Afterlife." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Afterlife/10558477.item. Accessed 23 Jul. 2021.
Musical score (front matter): New York Public Library
2012 [composition] [copyright]; 2013 [publication]; 2015 [copyright]
complete cycle performance time ca. 25 minutes
File(s): CRM-afterdeath-bates-frontmatter.pdf
First line of lyrics: Now went our Lord unto that holy place, Sweet Gethsemane
genre: choral music|sacred music|passion
Rossetti poem(s): "Mary Magdalene and the other Mary. A Song for all Maries"
Notes about the text: This work is divided into nine sections. The sections are listed as follows, with texts from the following poets: I. "Gethsemene" (Aemilia Lanyer; Christina Rossetti; Ella Wheeler Wilcox); II. "Lamentation" (Frances Ellen Watkins Harper; William Wilberforce); III. "Chorale: His Paths are Peace" (Aemilia Lanyer); IV. "Compassion" (Lamentations of Jeremiah 3:48, 52, 56; Psalm 142; Antiphon for Maundy Thursday); V. "Invictus" (William Ernest Henley); VI. "Golgotha" (Aemelia Lanyer); VII. "Easter Hymn" (A.E. Housman); VIII. "The Song of Mary Magdalene" (Christina Rossetti; Isaac Watts; John 20:1); IX. "I will arise" (W.B. Yeats; Aemilia Lanyer; William Wilberforce; George Herbert; William Ernest Henley).
Composition history: "Invictus: A Passion" was commissioned by St Luke's Friends of Music for the St Luke's United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas, Sid Davis, Director of Music and Fine Arts." The Composer's Note is written at the beginning of the vocal score, and it can be read in its entirety on the composer's website (Goodall).
Performance history: "[Invictus: A Passion] was first performed on 25 March 2018 in St Luke's United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas, by the St Luke's United Methodist Church Chancel Choir, conducted by Howard Goodall CBE, with soloists Devon E. Jones and Ryan Jones."
Recordings: "Invictus: A Passion." Performance by soloists from The Sixteen (Kirsty Hopkins, soprano, Mark Dobell, tenor), the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and The Lanyer Ensemble conducted by Stephen Darlington. Coro Records, 2018.
Goodall, Howard; music (English, born 1958)
Lanyer, Aemilia; text (English, 1569-1645). Wilcox, Ella Wheeler; text (English, 1850-1919). Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins; text (American, 1825-1911). Wilberforce, William; text. Henley, William Ernest; text (English, 1849-1903). Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward); text (English, 1859-1936). Watts, Isaac; text (English, 1674-1748). Yeats, W. B. (William Butler); text (Irish, 1865-1939). Herbert, George (British, 1593-1633).
Other data reference(s): "Invictus: A Passion." Howard Goodall, http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/works/choral-music/invictus-a-passion. Accessed 26 July 2021.
musical score: Toronto Music Library, Toronto
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Invictus: A Passion." Faber Music, https://www.fabermusic.com/music/invictus-a-passion/score. Accessed 26 July 2021.
First line of lyrics: O Lord, seek us, O Lord, find us
Rossetti poem(s): "'Lord, save us, we perish'"
Tempo markings: "At moderate speed"; quarter note = 104
Berger, Jean [Jean Pierre]; music (American, born in Germany as Artur Schlossberg, 1909-2002)
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4664
Other data reference(s): Record for "O Lord, see us." Las Cruces Campus Library, New Mexico State University, https://nmsu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma998343413403856&context=L&vid=01NEWMEX_INST:NMSU_LC&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&tab=Everything&lang=en. Accessed 6 Aug 2020.
musical score: Las Cruces Campus Library, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Hackensack: Sole agent, Joseph Boonin, Inc.; John Sheppard Music Press
"© Copyright 1976 by John Sheppard Music Press | All Rights Reserved | International Copyright Secured"
"In The Bleak Midwinter" [The Moody Blues]
First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter
instrumentation: keyboard|percussion|guitar
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
Recordings: The Moody Blues. "In The Bleak Midwinter." December. Performance by Justin Hayward, vocals, guitar, John Lodge, vocals, bass guitar, Graeme Edge, percussion, produced by Justin Hayward and John Lodge. Universal, 2003. YouTube, uploaded by The Moody Blues, Jul 30, 2018, https://youtu.be/e-ZfobpntHc.
Holst, Gustav; music (English, 1874-1934)
Other data reference(s): "December (The Moody Blues album)." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_(The_Moody_Blues_album). Accessed 20 July 2021.
Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-themoodyblues
"In The Bleak Midwinter" [Garreth Brooke]
genre: Christmas music|song|instrumental
Performance instructions: "Very expressively"
Dedication: "With special thanks to Julien Lambert"
Notes: The setting is featured on Brooke's 2015 album, "Coping Mechanism." The proceeds made from the sheet music are donated to Crisis, "a charity which helps homeless people rebuild their lives" ("In The Bleak Midwinter sheet music - to raise money for Crisis").
Brooke, Garreth; arrangement (British-German, born 1985)
Other data reference(s): "In The Bleak Midwinter sheet music - to raise money for Crisis." Garreth Brooke, https://store.garrethbrooke.com/album/in-the-bleak-midwinter-sheet-music-to-raise-money-for-crisis. Accessed 20 July 2021.
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-brooke
First line of lyrics: Two doves, Two doves upon the selfsame branch
Rossetti poem(s): "Song" ("Two doves upon the selfsame branch")
Place in the larger work: The first song of six in the song cycle called "And Winter comes," which includes 1. "Song" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "There comes a warning" (Emily Dickinson); 3. "Bitter for Sweet" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "An End" (Christina Rossetti); 5. "The Sky is low" (Emily Dickinson); 6. "I cannot meet the Spring unmoved" (Emily Dickinson).
Composition history: "And Winter comes" was commissioned by Leeds Lieder + Leeds Lieder + gratefully acknowledges the support of The Leche Trust"
Tempo markings: eighth note = 80; "tempo giusto"
Performance history: "The first performance was given by Anna Stéphany and Jonathan Fisher, at the Howard Assembly Room at Opera North, on Saturday 3 October 2009."
Woolrich, John; music (British, born 1954)
musical score: Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2076739. Accessed 11 August 2021.
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "And Winter comes." Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2076739. Accessed 11 August 2021.
2 pages (pp. 1-2); complete song cycle performance time 8 minutes