"In The Bleak Midwinter" [Jamie W. Hall]

"In The Bleak Midwinter" [Jamie W. Hall]

First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid-winter

Hall, Jamie W.; music (British)

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

2017 [publication] [copyright]

Hayling Island: Chichester Music Press

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

duet: two sopranos|duet: two treble voices|duet: two female voices

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")

Composition history: "Whilst this is an entirely new treatment of the poem, the composer couldn't resist a small nod to the famous and beloved setting by Harold Darke... see if you can spot it" (In The Bleak Midwinter - Jamie W. Hall).

Tempo markings: dotted quarter note = 52

Performance instructions: "This setting of famous verse by Christina Rossetti is based on a single simple theme which then goes through a series of variations, making it ideally suited to choirs who want a contemporary flavour in their Christmas repertoire but don't have endless learning time. | The two equal parts, which may be sung by either children or ladies, are underpinned by an atmospheric piano accompaniment which invokes the winter wind, the flurrying snow, the icy cold" (In The Bleak Midwinter - Jamie W. Hall).

Format 1: musical score

performance time 4 minutes and 30 seconds

Other data reference(s): "In the bleak midwinter - Jamie W. Hall." Chichester Music Press, http://www.chichestermusicpress.co.uk/cgi-bin/chichestermusicpress.pl?chunk=scoreid&ismn=CMP216. Accessed 13 November 2020.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-hall

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