"In the bleak mid-winter" [Richard Kent]

"In the bleak mid-winter" [Richard Kent]

First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter

Kent, Richard; music

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

1969 [publication]

Minnesota: Augsburg Publishing House

genre: anthem|choral music|Christmas music|song|sacred music

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: quarter note = 88

Format 1: musical score

5 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4303

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

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: New York Public Library, New York

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-kent

"Copyright © 1969 Augsburg Publishing House. All rights reserved."

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