"Christmas Hath a Darkness" [Allan Bevan]
Title
"Christmas Hath a Darkness" [Allan Bevan]
First line of lyrics: Christmas hath a darkness
Part of: "Carol We and Worship We"
Creator
Bevan, Allan; music (Canadian, born 1951)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1999 [performance]
Subject
genre: choral music|Christmas music|song|song cycle
chorus: SSATB chorus
instrumentation: piano
origin: Canada
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Christmas Eve"
Place in the larger work: Second song of three in a song cycle called "Carol We and Worship We," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Love Came Down"; 2. "Christmas Hath a Darkness"; 3. "Christmas Day"
Composition history: Commissioned by Laurier Fagnan and Da Camera Singers, Edmonton ("Love came down at Christmas for SSATB chorus and piano")
Performance history: Debut performance on Saturday, 11 Dec. 1999, at All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, by Da Camera Singers in a concert called "Music of Mother and Child".
Format
Format 1: musical score
Source
Other data reference(s): "Allan Bevan - List of Works (Selected)." Allan Bevan, composer, http://www.allanbevan.ca/works-list.html. Accessed 5 May 2020.
"Love came down at Christmas for SSATB chorus and piano." Canadian Music Centre, http://www.musiccentre.ca/node/29281. Accessed 5 May 2020.
"Gift-giving begins with local musicians: Christmas, classical CDs aplenty to enjoy this holiday season: [Final Edition]." Edmonton Journal, 4 Dec. 1999, p. C6. Canadian Major Dailies, https://search-proquest-com.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/docview/252763059?accountid=14701.
"Love came down at Christmas for SSATB chorus and piano." Canadian Music Centre, http://www.musiccentre.ca/node/29281. Accessed 5 May 2020.
"Gift-giving begins with local musicians: Christmas, classical CDs aplenty to enjoy this holiday season: [Final Edition]." Edmonton Journal, 4 Dec. 1999, p. C6. Canadian Major Dailies, https://search-proquest-com.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/docview/252763059?accountid=14701.
Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa
Identifier
Record: CRM-christmaseve-bevan
Rights
The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.
Files
Collection
Citation
Bevan, Allan; music (Canadian, born 1951) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Christmas Hath a Darkness" [Allan Bevan],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed May 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2343.
Item Relations
| This Item | is part of a larger work that also includes | Item: "Christmas Day" [Allan Bevan] |
| Item: "Love Came Down" [Allan Bevan] | is part of a larger work that also includes | This Item |