"Love came down at Christmas" [Montague F. Phillips]

"Love came down at Christmas" [Montague F. Phillips]

First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas

Phillips, Montague F.; music (English, 1885-1969)

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

1939 [publication] [copyright]

London: Novello & Company Limited

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

trio: SSA

instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)

initial sharps/flats: four flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"

Composition history: "From 'The Poetical Works of Christina Rossetti' by permission of the Author's representative and Mssrs. Macmillan & Co, Ltd."

Tempo markings: "Andantino" quarter note = 63

Format 1: musical score

4 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4558

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Cataloguer: Jennifer Frederick, University of Ottawa

musical score: Phillips, Montague F. "Love Came Down at Christmas." Alexander Street, A Proquest Company, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2382620. Accessed 23 Oct. 2018.

Opus: 66, number 3

Record: CRM-christmastide-phillips

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

"Copyright, 1939, by Novello & Company, Limited"

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