"Snow on Snow" [Philip Lawson]

"Snow on Snow" [Philip Lawson]

First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter

Lawson, Philip; music (English, born 1957)

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

2011 [publication] [copyright]

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

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Gently"

Performance instructions: "Originally written as an anthem for unison voices with descant, it may be sung as such by singing the soprano line and descant throughout."

Dedication: "For Pitton Primary School Choir"

Notes: A note about the poem on the score reads: "Written sometime around 1872, the poem was never intended as a hymn or a carol because of its irregular meter."

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

Other data reference(s): "Snow on Snow." Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/node/30161?ref=authority_list. Accessed 6 July 2019.
"Snow on Snow." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Snow-on-Snow-/10277030.item#/submit. Accessed 6 July 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Snow on Snow." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Snow-on-Snow-/10277030.item#/submit. Accessed 6 July 2019.

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-lawsonphilip

"Copyright © 2011 Philip Lawson"

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