"In the bleak mid-winter" [Harold Darke]

"In the bleak mid-winter" [Harold Darke]

First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter

Darke, Harold; music (English, 1888-1976)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

1911 [publication]; 1993 [copyright]

Boston: Galaxy Music Corporation

genre: carol|choral music|Christmas music|song

solo: soprano|tenor

chorus: mixed chorus

instrumentation: keyboard

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - chorus: SATB chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: strings

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")

Tempo markings: "Moderato e tranquillo"

Dedication: "To M.A.C." [Margaret Agnes Calkin]

Notes: This score features a foreword by Ronald Arnatt, a student of Darke's. Voted "The greatest Christmas carol of all time" (BBC).

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM200; Gooch and Thatcher 4292

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

Other data reference(s): "Bleak Midwinter named best carol." BBC, 27 Nov. 2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7752029.stm.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: University of Ottawa Library, Ottawa

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-darke

"Copyright © 1993 by Galaxy Music Corporation, a division of ECS Publishing, Boston, Massachusetts. Not for sale outside the U.S.A."

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