"Estaines Parva" [Imogen Holst]

"Estaines Parva" [Imogen Holst]

First line of lyrics: The Shepherds had an Angel

Holst, Imogen; music (English, 1907-1984)

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

1925 ca [publication]

London: Oxford University Press

genre: carol|choral music|Christmas music|sacred music|song|children's music|hymn

chorus: congregational singing|children's unison chorus

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol, for my Godchildren" ("The shepherds had an angel")

Tempo markings: "In moderate time."

Performance instructions: "Unison."

Notes: Published in Songs of Praise, Oxford University Press, 1925, in a section called "For Children."

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4322

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Other data reference(s): "Songs of praise." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61647754. Accessed 14 April 2021.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Songs of Praise, Oxford University Press, 1925, no. 439, pp. 658-659. Luther College Library, Decorah.

Record: CRM-christmascarolformygodchildren-holst

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