"Christmas Day" [arr. Gordon Binkerd, music Frédéric Chopin]

"Christmas Day" [arr. Gordon Binkerd, music Frédéric Chopin]

First line of lyrics: A lamb is innocent and mild

Chopin, Frédéric; music (Polish, 1810-1849)

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

Binkerd, Gordon; arrangement (American, 1916-2003)

1973 [publication] [copyright]

New York: Boosey & Hawkes

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

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

male composer|male arranger

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"|"Christmas Day"

Work contains multiple Christina Rossetti texts

Notes about the text: This setting combines the words of two Rossetti poems, "Christmas Day" and "Christmastide."

Composition history: "Music Adapted by Gordon Binkerd from the 6th Nocturne of Frédéric Chopin"

Tempo markings: "Feel one beat to a measure"

Format 1: musical score

3 pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "Christmas Day. SATB unaccompanied." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1061635967. Accessed 11 April 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Indiana University School of Music Library, Bloomington

Record: CRM-christmastide-binkerd-chopin

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