"Meditation on In the bleak midwinter" [Gustav Holst, arr. John G. Barr]

"Meditation on In the bleak midwinter" [Gustav Holst, arr. John G. Barr]

Part of: "Two carols for Christmas"

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

Barr, John G.; arrangement (American, born 1938)

2002 [publication] [copyright]

New York: The H.W. Gray Company

genre: Christmas music|carol|instrumental|song|song cycle

instrumentation: organ

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

male composer|male arranger

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

Place in the larger work: The first song of two in the song cycle called "Two carols for Christmas," which includes 1. "Meditation on In the bleak midwinter" (Cranham by Gustav Holst); 2. "Prologue on On this day earth shall ring" (Personent hodie, from Piae cantiones, 1582).

Tempo markings: quarter note = ca. 66

Dedication: "for John W. Fast, Organist and Assistant Professor of Music, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia"

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

Format 1: musical score

9 pages (song cycle)

Other data reference(s): Record for "Two carols for Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/919094922. Accessed 24 April 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-barr

"© 2002 THE H.W. GRAY COMPANY All Rights Reserved including Public Performance for Profit"

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