"Love came down at Christmas" [John E. Borland]

"Love came down at Christmas" [John E. Borland]

First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas

Borland, John E.; music (1866-1937)

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

1909 [publication] [copyright]

London: Novello & Company Limited

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

chorus: women's SSA chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 4/2

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"

Tempo markings: half note = 72

Performance instructions: "With devotion"

Notes: This setting is the twelfth song in a collection called "Anthems for Advent, Christmas, and general use," from the series Novello's Quarterly.

Format 1: vocal score

2 pages (pp. 15-16)

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4526

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 "Anthems for Advent, Christmas, and general use." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/947061841. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.

Cataloguer: Jennifer Frederick, University of Ottawa

vocal score: Borland, John E. "Love Came Down at Christmas." Alexander Street, A Proquest Company, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2381055. Accessed 23 Oct. 2018.

Record: CRM-christmastide-borland

File(s): CRM-christmastide-borland.pdf

"Copyright, 1909, by Novello and Company, Limited."

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