"In the bleak mid-winter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Leslie Woodgate]

"In the bleak mid-winter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Leslie Woodgate]

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

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

Woodgate, Leslie; arrangement (English, 1900-1961)

1937 [publication]

London: J. Curwen & Sons

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

chorus: men's TTBB chorus

instrumentation: piano (for rehearsal only)|a cappella

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer|male arranger

English

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

Composition history: The poem is used "By permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co." Holst's "Cranham" tune is used "by the kind permission of the Executors of the late Gustav Holst."

Tempo markings: "Andantino semplice"

Performance instructions: "The Baritone has the melody for the first two verses, and should therefore be more prominent than the other voices."

Notes: This score is an arrangement of Gustav Holst's 1906 setting.

Format 1: musical score

6 pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "In the bleak mid-winter." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/894091441. Accessed 2 April 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: "In the bleak mid-winter." Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2378878.

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-woodgate

File(s): CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-woodgate.pdf

"Copyright, U.S.A., 1937, by Leslie Woodgate"

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