"Christmas Bringeth Jesus" [Brad Nix]

"Christmas Bringeth Jesus" [Brad Nix]

First line of lyrics: Christmas hath a darkness

Nix, Brad; music (American, born 1975)

2018 [copyright]

Brookfield Press, Hal Leonard Corporation

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

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmas Eve"

Notes about the text: The phrase "Alleluia, alleluia, Christ, the Lord, is born" has been added to the text between the two stanzas and at the end of the setting.

Tempo markings: quarter note = ca. 76

Performance instructions: "Tenderly"

Recordings: "Christmas Bringeth Jesus." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Christmas-Bringeth-Jesus/10880600.item#/submit. Accessed 6 Feb. 2021. YouTube, uploaded by Hal Leonard and Shawnee Press Church Choral, 8 May 2018, youtu.be/T6rZS5ais7Y

Format 1: musical score

9 pages; performance time ca. 3 minutes 25 seconds

Cataloguer: Elizabeth Whicher, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Christmas Bringeth Jesus." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Christmas-Bringeth-Jesus/10880600.item#/submit. Accessed 7 Febrary 2021.

Record: CRM-christmaseve-nix

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