"In the bleak midwinter" [Mary E. Caldwell]

"In the bleak midwinter" [Mary E. Caldwell]

First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter

Part of: "A Christmas Triptych"

Caldwell, Mary E. [Elizabeth]; music (American, 1909-2003)

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

1975 [publication] [copyright]

Alexandria: Gentry Publications

genre: Christmas music|song cycle|song|sacred music

solo: voice

instrumentation: organ

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

female composer

English

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

Place in the larger work: The first song of three in a song cycle called "A Christmas triptych," which includes 1. "In the bleak midwinter" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "It was a night of stars" (Mary E. Caldwell); 3. "A child shall be born" (Mary E. Caldwell).

Tempo markings: "With gentle persistence"; quarter note = 76

Format 1: musical score

5 pages (pp. 2-6)

Other data reference(s): Record for "A Christmas triptych." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49497164. Accessed 16 April 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Carlyle Campbell Library, Meredith College, Raleigh

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-caldwell

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