"In the bleak midwinter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Keith Christopher]

"In the bleak midwinter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Keith Christopher]

First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter

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

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

Christopher, Keith; arrangement (American)

1998 [publication] [copyright]

Nashville: Van Ness Press

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

solo: soprano

chorus: SATB chorus|children's unison chorus|boys' unison choir

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

male composer|male arranger

English

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

Tempo markings: "Tenderly"; quarter note = 72

Performance instructions: "For SATB voices and solo (or optional Children or Boychoir) with Keyboard and Optional Instrumental Accompaniment"

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

Format 1: musical score

10 pages

Other data reference(s): "In the Bleak Midwinter." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/in-the-bleak-midwinter-sheet-music/6301519?ac=1&aff_id=69435. Accessed 5 July 2019.
Record for "In the bleak midwinter." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47261352. Accessed 16 April 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Kathryn Sullivan Bowld Music Library, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In the Bleak Midwinter." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/in-the-bleak-midwinter-sheet-music/6301519?ac=1&aff_id=69435. Accessed 5 July 2019.

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-christopher

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