Christina Rossetti In Music

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"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Desmond MacMahon]

Title

"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Desmond MacMahon]
Part of: "Three Christmas Carols"

Creator

MacMahon, Desmond; music (British, born 1898)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

1935 [publication] [copyright]

Publisher

York: Banks Music Publications

Subject

genre: carol|Christmas music|song
solo: voice
chorus: unison chorus
instrumentation: piano
origin: United Kingdom
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("Before the paling of the stars")
Place in the larger work: From a song cycle called "Three Christmas Carols."
Performance instructions: Solo voice or unison voices.

Format

Format 1: musical score

Source

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4272
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

Identifier

Record: CRM-christmascarolbefore-macmahon

Rights

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Files

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Collection

Citation

MacMahon, Desmond; music (British, born 1898) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Before the Paling of the Stars" [Desmond MacMahon],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 23, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/2841.