"This Advent Moon" [Charles H. Giffen]

"This Advent Moon" [Charles H. Giffen]

First line of lyrics: The days are evil looking back

Giffen, Charles H.; music (American, born 1940)

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

2009 [publication]

Choral Public Domain Library

genre: carol|Christmas music|choral music|song

chorus: SATB voices with divisi

instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Advent" ("This Advent moon shines cold and clear")

Notes about the text: "Notes: (1) The text is from Advent by the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti. The underlay
for the first six measures comprises lines five & six of the third stanza, and the remaining
underlay consists of stanzas one through three (omitting lines five & six of the third stanza).
(2) Except for final cadences, the first two sections appear later in strict (chromatic) inversion. Also, part of the chorale melody 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' appears in inversion."

Tempo markings: "Moderato, flexible"; quarter note = c. 88-96

Dedication: "For Patricia Ann Miller-Giffen"

Format 1: musical score

8 pages

Cataloguer: Emma-Catherine Wilson, University of Ottawa

musical score: Choral Public Domain Library, http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/This_Advent_moon_(Charles_H._Giffen)

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: Giffen, Charles. "This Advent moon." Choral Public Domain Library, http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/This_Advent_moon_(Charles_H._Giffen). Accessed 2 Sep. 2019.

Record: CRM-adventthisadvent-giffen

File(s): CRM-adventthisadvent-giffen.pdf

"Copyright © 2009 by Charles H. Giffen for the Choral Public Domain Library
(www.cpdl.org). May be freely copied, distributed, performed and recorded."

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