"In the Bleak Mid-winter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Frederick Frahm]

"In the Bleak Mid-winter" [Gustav Holst, arr. Frederick Frahm]

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

Frahm, Frederick; arrangement (American, born 1964)

CanticaNOVA Publications

genre: Christmas music|carol|instrumental|song

instrumentation: handbells

origin: United States

male composer|male arranger

English

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

Performance instructions: "The arranger, Frederick Frahm, surrounds the tune with a simple introduction and coda. The carol appears in treble bell octaves, making it prominently heard. In addition to straight ringing, the arranger use mallets for some accompaniment patterns. These, however, could be played as thumb damps or plucks for bell choirs without mallets" (In the Bleak Mid-winter).

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

Format 1: musical score

Other data reference(s): "In the Bleak Mid-winter." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/in-the-bleak-mid-winter-sheet-music/20169115. Accessed 7 June 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-holst-frahm

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