"Love came down at Christmas" [Joseph Goodman]

"Love came down at Christmas" [Joseph Goodman]

First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas

Goodman, Joseph; music (American, 1918-2014)

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

1963 [composition]; 1967 [publication] [copyright]

New York: Broude

genre: anthem|Christmas music|song

duet

instrumentation: organ

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"

Composition history: "Commissioned by the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Queens Village, Long Island, New York"

Tempo markings: "Adagio, ma non troppo"; quarter note = c. 56; eighth note = c. 112

Performance instructions: "For two-part chorus of high and/or low voices with organ accompaniment." "Both voice parts high, or both low, or high and low voices on each part, but not high voices on upper part and low voices on lower part."

Format 1: musical score

6 pages; performance time 3 minutes and 15 seconds

Other data reference(s): Record for "Love came down at Christmas : for two-part chorus of high and/or low voices with organ accompaniment." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5423819. Accessed 6 May 2019.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Abilene Christian University, Abilene

Record: CRM-christmastide-goodman

"Copyright © 1967 by Tetra Music Corp. Sole Selling Agent: Alexander Broude, Inc. Printed in U.S.A."

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