"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Emma Lou Diemer]

"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Emma Lou Diemer]

First line of lyrics: Before the paling of the stars

Diemer, Emma Lou; music (American, born 1927)

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

1964 [publication] [copyright]

London, Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel Co., Inc.

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

solo: soprano

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano|organ

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("Before the paling of the stars")

Performance instructions: For organ or piano.

Dedication: "For the Park College Choir, Parkville, Missouri."

Format 1: musical score

11 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4264

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Cataloguer: Alicia Duffley and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-christmascarolbefore-diemer

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