"Love Came Down At Christmas" [John Rutter]
Title
"Love Came Down At Christmas" [John Rutter]
First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas
Creator
Rutter, John; music (English, born 1945)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1971 [publication] [copyright]
Publisher
Oxford: Oxford University Press
Subject
genre: carol|sacred music|choral music|Christmas music|song
chorus: SATB chorus
instrumentation: organ|piano|strings
initial sharps/flats: six flats
initial time signature: 6/8
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"
Tempo markings: "Tranquillo"; dotted quarter note = 50
Performance instructions: For piano or organ. "This carol is scored for strings, in G major. Scores and parts are on hire."
Format
Format 1: musical score
3 page
Source
In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4565
Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.
Other data reference(s): Record for "Music for Christmas." WorldCat, https://www.worldcat.org/title/music-for-christmas/oclc/48687500&referer=brief_results. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.
Cataloguer: Jennifer Frederick and Emma-Catherine Wilson, 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: "Love came down at Christmas." Oxford University Press, Academic, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/love-came-down-at-christmas-9780193430259. Accessed 6 Oct. 2018.
Identifier
Record: CRM-christmastide-rutter
Rights
"© Oxford University Press, 1971"
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Citation
Rutter, John; music (English, born 1945) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Love Came Down At Christmas" [John Rutter],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2537.