Christina Rossetti In Music

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"Love came down at Christmas" [Brian Trant]

Title

"Love came down at Christmas" [Brian Trant]
First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas

Creator

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

Date

1946 [publication] [copyright]; 1959 [SS Version copyright]

Publisher

London: Oxford University Press

Subject

genre: sacred music|choral music|Christmas music|song
chorus: SSC chorus
instrumentation: piano
initial sharps/flats: two sharps
initial time signature: 3/4
other version 1 - chorus: SS chorus
other version 1 - instrumentation: piano
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"
Tempo markings: "Allegretto, quasi Andantino (with feeling of 3-bar rhythm); quarter note = 108
Dedication: "For Pam."

Format

Format 1: musical score
4 pages

Source

Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33066882. Accessed 11 April 2019.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score for SSC: Royal Academy of Music Library, London
musical score for SS: Royal Academy of Music Library, London

Identifier

Record: CRM-christmastide-trant

Rights

"Copyright in U.S.A. and all countries, 1946, by the Oxford University Press, London" (SSC version); "© Oxford University Press, 1959" (SS version)
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Files

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Collection

Citation

Trant, Brian; music and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Love came down at Christmas" [Brian Trant],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 14, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2577.