"Love came down at Christmas" [Michael Bryan Hesford]

"Love came down at Christmas" [Michael Bryan Hesford]

First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas

Hesford, Michael Bryan; music (English, 1930-1996)

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

1967 [publication] [copyright]

London: Edwin Ashdown

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

chorus: unison chorus

instrumentation: organ|piano

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"

Tempo markings: "Quietly and with thought"

Performance instructions: For piano or organ. For 8 voices.

Dedication: "To the Headmaster and Choir of Terrington School, Norfolk"

Notes: Rossetti's song is #80 in a collection called "Unison Songs."

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4545

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 "Corpus Christi Carol. <Words:> 15th century. Love came down at Christmas. <Words by> Christina Rossetti. For unison singing. [Staff and tonic sol-fa notation.]." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/498577179. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.

Cataloguer: Jennifer Frederick, University of Ottawa

musical score: British Library, London

Record: CRM-christmastide-hesford

"Copyright © MCMLXVII by Edwin Ashdown Ltd., 19 Hanover Square, London, W.1"

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