"In The Bleak Mid-winter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Stephen Main]

"In The Bleak Mid-winter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Stephen Main]

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

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

Main, Stephen; arrangement (American, born 1963)

2006 [publication] [copyright]

Dayton: Roger Dean Publishing Company

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

chorus: SATB voices with divisi

instrumentation: piano|oboe

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 6/4

origin: United States

male composer|male arranger

English

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

Tempo markings: "Very sustained throughout"; quarter note = 132 (dotted half note = 44)

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

Format 1: musical score

12 pages; performance time 4 minutes

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In the Bleak Mid-winter." https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/in-the-bleak-mid-winter-digital-sheet-music/20344287. Accessed 23 May 2019.

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-main

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