"Christmas Eve" [Tansy Davies]

"Christmas Eve" [Tansy Davies]

First line of lyrics: Christmas hath a darkness

Davies, Tansy; music (English, born 1973)

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

2011 [publication]

London: Faber Music

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

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmas Eve"

Composition history: "'Christmas Eve' was commissioned by King's College, Cambridge, for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2011."

Tempo markings: "mysteriously, freely throughout"; quarter note = 54

Performance history: "It was first performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Cleobury, on Christmas Eve 2011."

Format 1: musical score

12 pages; performance time 6 minutes

Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson, University of Ottawa

musical score: Davies, Tansy. "Christmas Eve." Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2692424. Accessed 24 September 2020.

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Christmas Eve." Alexander Street, https://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cscore%7C2692424. Accessed 24 September 2020.

Record: CRM-christmaseve-davies

"Copyright 2011 by Faber Music Ltd."

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