"In the bleak mid-winter" [Benjamin Dale]

"In the bleak mid-winter" [Benjamin Dale]

Dale, Benjamin; music (English, 1885-1943)

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

1938 December 11 [composition]

genre: chorale prelude|Christmas music|sacred music|choral music

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Composition history: It was composed "as a Christmas offering for Margit," Dale's wife (Foreman).

Notes: Christopher Foreman's review of Benjamin Dale's life and works on MusicWeb International provides a detailed analysis of the setting.

Format 1: musical score

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4290

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Other data reference(s): Foreman, Christopher. "Benjamin Dale—a reassessment. Part Three." Music Web International, http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/May11/dale3.htm. Accessed 14 January 2020.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-dale

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