"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Earnest Kanitz]

"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Earnest Kanitz]

First line of lyrics: Before the paling of the stars

Kanitz, Earnest; music (American, born in Austria, 1894-1978)

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

1942 August 26 [composition]; 1943 [publication] [copyright]

New York: Associated Music Publishers

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

solo: soprano

chorus: SATB chorus

quartet: SATB

instrumentation: piano|trumpet|organ

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - solo: soprano

other version 1 - chorus: women’s SSAA chorus

other version 1: quartet: SATB

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|organ|trumpet

origin: United States

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Moderato non troppo."

Performance instructions: "For Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices | With Piano [or Organ] Accompaniment | (Soprano Solo and Two Trumpets ad libitum)." "The full-size notes must always be sung; the small-size notes may be omitted in performances by solo quartet or small group."

Format 1: musical score

11 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4270

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

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Cataloguer: Alicia Duffley, Emily McConkey, Emma-Catherine Wilson, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Kathryn Sullivan Bowld Music Library, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth

Record: CRM-christmascarolbefore-kanitz

"Copyright 1943 by Associated Music Publishers, Inc., New York"

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