Christina Rossetti In Music

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"Love came down at Christmas" [Ronald Swaffield]

Title

"Love came down at Christmas" [Ronald Swaffield]

Creator

Swaffield, Ronald; music (1889-1962)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1937 [publication] [copyright]

Publisher

London: J.B. Cramer & Company

Subject

genre: carol|choral music|sacred music|Christmas music|song
chorus: women's SSA chorus
instrumentation: organ|piano
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"
Performance instructions: For piano or organ.
Notes: Rossetti's song is number 139 in a collection called "Cramer's library of unison and part-songs by modern composers."

Format

Format 1: musical score
4 pages

Source

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4570
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 "Love came down at Christmas : carol for S.S.A." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/946466740. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.
Cataloguer: Jennifer Frederick, University of Ottawa

Identifier

Record: CRM-christmastide-swaffield

Rights

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Files

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Collection

Citation

Swaffield, Ronald; music (1889-1962) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Love came down at Christmas" [Ronald Swaffield],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2546.