Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

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

Title

"Christmas Day" [arr. Gordon Binkerd, music Frédéric Chopin]
First line of lyrics: A lamb is innocent and mild

Creator

Chopin, Frédéric; music (Polish, 1810-1849)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Binkerd, Gordon; arrangement (American, 1916-2003)

Date

1973 [publication] [copyright]

Publisher

New York: Boosey & Hawkes

Subject

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

Language

English

Description

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

Format 1: musical score
3 pages

Source

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

Identifier

Record: CRM-christmastide-binkerd-chopin

Rights

"© Copyright 1973 by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Copyright for all countries. All rights reserved."
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Files

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Collection

Citation

Chopin, Frédéric; music (Polish, 1810-1849), Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), and Binkerd, Gordon; arrangement (American, 1916-2003), “"Christmas Day" [arr. Gordon Binkerd, music Frédéric Chopin],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 14, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2575.