"Earth Grown Old" [Matthew Whittall]
Title
"Earth Grown Old" [Matthew Whittall]
First line of lyrics: Earth grown old, yet still so green
Part of: "Christmas Hath a Darkness: Four Carols for Advent"
Creator
Whittall, Matthew; music (Canadian-Finnish, born 1975)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
2017 [copyright] [publication]
Publisher
Fennica Gerhman
Subject
genre: carol|Christmas music|choral music|song|song cycle
chorus: SATB voices with divisi
instrumentation: a cappella
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: Canada
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Advent" ("Earth grown old, yet still so green")|"Christmas Eve"
Place in the larger work: The second song of four in the song cycle called "Christmas Hath a Darkness: Four Carols for Advent," settings of Christina Rossetti poems, including 1. "This Advent Moon"; 2. "Earth grown old"; 3. In the bleak mid-winter"; 4. "Love came down at Christmas."
Work contains multiple Christina Rossetti texts
Composition history: "This cycle of carols, to the poetry of Christina Rossetti, was assembled piecemeal over a number of years, gradually acquiring a larger dramatic and harmonic arch shape as new settings were added. I was particularly attracted to Rossetti’s conflation of the dark, fallow winter landscape with that of the soul waiting for salvation" (Whittall).
Tempo markings: "Slow, reflective"; quarter note = 60-66
Dedication: "for Audite"
Format
Format 1: musical score
19 pages (pp. 12-30); performance time 5 minutes and 30 seconds
Source
Other data reference(s): "Christmas Hath a Darkness: Four Carols for Advent (2007-2016)." Matthew Whittall Composer, http://www.mwhittall.com/compositions/christmas-hath-a-darkness-four-carols-for-advent-2007-2016/. Accessed 13 June 2019.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Morriset Library, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Matthew Whittall: Christmas Hath a Darkness - Four carols for Advent." https://www.fennicagehrman.fi/news-item/news/matthew-whittall-christmas-hath-a-darkness-four-carols-for-advent/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=82ff3ba5ca54750b46afa016b05c3208. Accessed 13 June 2019.
Identifier
Record: CRM-adventearthgrownold-plus1-whittall
Rights
"© 2017 Fennica Gehrman Oy, Helsinki"
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Files
Collection
Citation
Whittall, Matthew; music (Canadian-Finnish, born 1975) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Earth Grown Old" [Matthew Whittall],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed September 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/1866.
Item Relations
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "In the bleak mid-winter" [Matthew Whittall] |
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Love came down at Christmas" [Matthew Whittall] |
| Item: "This Advent Moon" [Matthew Whittall] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |