"In the bleak mid-winter" [Lewis M. Kirby, Jr.]

"In the bleak mid-winter" [Lewis M. Kirby, Jr.]

First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter

Kirby, Lewis M., Jr.; music (American)

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

1972 [publication]

Melville: Belwin Mills Publishing Corporation

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

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: organ

initial sharps/flats: four flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

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

Composition history: The poem is "Used by permission of the Macmillan Company, New York, N.Y."

Tempo markings: "Moderately"

Performance history: While performances close to the publication date have not been found, the piece was performed at an Advent liturgy at First Presbyterian Church in Johnson City, Tennessee in 2014 (First Presbyterian Church 6).

Dedication: "To Gordon W. Van Wormer and his Choristers at West High School, Painted Post, New York"

Format 1: musical score

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4305

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): "Second Sunday of Advent." First Presbyterian Church, http://www.christianworldmedia.com/client/docs/483_1417987571_7.pdf. Accessed 17 Feb 2018.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Kathryn Sullivan Bowld Music Library, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-kirby

"Copyright © 1972 by Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., Melville N.Y. International Copyright Secured Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved"

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