"Advent Anthem" [Douglas Brooks-Davies]

"Advent Anthem" [Douglas Brooks-Davies]

First line of lyrics: The Advent moon shines cold and clear

Brooks-Davies, Douglas; music (English, born 1942)

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

2014 [copyright]

genre: choral music|anthem|sacred music|song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Advent" ("This Advent moon shines cold and clear")

Notes about the text: This song is a setting of stanzas 1, 3, 6, and 7, with minor textual deviations and rearrangements. Brooks-Davies also adds the words "Lullaby, lullaby" between stanzas 3 and 7.

Tempo markings: quarter note = 85-88

Format 1: musical score

7 pages

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Douglas Brooks-Davies

Record: CRM-adventthisadvent-brooks-davies

File(s): CRM-adventthisadvent-brooks-davies.pdf

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