"Frimas Froids de l'Hiver" [Gustav Holst, trans. Joëlle Gouel]

"Frimas Froids de l'Hiver" [Gustav Holst, trans. Joëlle Gouel]

First line of lyrics: Frimas froids de l'hiver

Holst, Gustav; music (English, 1874-1934)

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

Gouel, Joëlle; translation

2001 [publication]

Geneva: Les Cahiers Liturgiques

genre: hymn|carol|Christmas music|song|sacred music

chorus: congregational singing

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

male composer

French

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

Tempo markings: "CRANHAM, Irr."

Notes: This score offers a French translation to accompany Gustav Holst's 1906 setting. English note at the beginning of the hymnal: "Created in 1989, Les Cahiers Liturgiques (from the French "Workbooks") aim to reach all readers interested by art and music in the experience of worship and liturgy. They propose a pluridisciplinary study and reflect on these themes by means of a theopoetical approach of the Bible" (Gouel 6).

Format 1: musical score

1 page (p. 278)

Reference: Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Gouel, Joëlle. "Frimas Froids de l'Hiver." Les Chants du Pèlerin, Les Cahiers Liturgiques, 2001, p. 278. Toronto Robarts Library, University of Toronto.

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-gouel

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