"Love Came Down at Christmas / It's in Every one of us" [arr. Gaelynn Lea, music unknown composer]

"Love Came Down at Christmas / It's in Every one of us" [arr. Gaelynn Lea, music unknown composer]

First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas

Unknown; music (Irish folk tune “Gartan” [also known as “Garten” and “Garton”])

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

Pomeranz, David; additional text (American, born 1951)

Lea, Gaelynn; arrangement (American, born 1984)

2016 [publication] [copyright]

genre: Christmas music|song|carol

solo: female voice

instrumentation: violin

origin: United States

female arranger

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"

Notes about the text: This setting uses the first and last stanzas of "Christmastide" only. It is a medley of "Love Came Down at Christmas" and David Pomeranz's song "It's in Every one of us."

Performance history: "Gaelynn played this arrangement live during her weekly series "Quarantine Concerts" on December 20th [2020]" (Gaelynn Lea). YouTube, uploaded 22 Dec. 2020, https://youtu.be/KqPFSaA9u-U.

Recordings: Lea, Gaelynn. "Love Came Down at Christmas / It's in Every one of us." Deepest Darkness, Brightest Dawn. Performance by Gaelynn Lea, 2016.

Format 1: sound recording

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-christmastide-garton-lea

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