"A Christmas Carol" [Joel Phillips]

"A Christmas Carol" [Joel Phillips]

First line of lyrics: Before the paling of the stars

Phillips, Joel; music (American, born 1958)

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

2005 [copyright] [publication]

New York: Shawnee Press; New York: Mark Foster Music

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

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: organ|timpani|brass ensemble

initial sharps/flats: two flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

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

Tempo markings: "Espressivo"; quarter note = 66-72

Dedication: "for James Jordan and The Westminster Chapel Choir"

Notes: The organ part and the parts for brass are available separately.

Format 1: musical score

9 pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "A Christmas carol." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77530300. Accessed 5 April 2019.

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

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

Record: CRM-christmascarolbefore-phillips

"Copyright 2005, Fostco Music Press, A Division of Shawnee Press, Inc."

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