"Love came down at Christmas" [Derek Healey]

"Love came down at Christmas" [Derek Healey]

First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas

Healey, Derek; music (English, lived and worked in Canada & US, born 1936)

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

2009 [composition]; 2011 [publication] [copyright]

Boston: Ione Press, Inc.

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

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: harp|piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 6/8

other version 1 - chorus: SSA chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|harp

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one flat

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"

Tempo markings: "Tranquillo"; eighth note = 106

Performance instructions: "Piano or Harp" accompaniment.

Recordings: "Derek Healey: Love Came Down at Christmas." Performance by Saskatoon Chamber Singers, James Hawn, director, Rod Epp, accompanist, December 2016. SoundCloud, uploaded by Saskatoon Chamber Singers, 21 Dec. 2020, https://soundcloud.com/saskatoonchambersingers/love-came-down.

Format 1: musical score

4 pages; performance time 2 minutes and 15 seconds

Other data reference(s): "Choir Sacred." Derek Healey, http://derekhealey.com/ChoirSacred.html. Accessed 19 Jul. 2021.

Cataloguer: Jennifer Frederick (SATB) and Emily McConkey (SSA), University of Ottawa

Musical score for SATB: Morriset Library, University of Ottawa

Musical score for SSA: Derek Healey

Record: CRM-christmastide-healey

File(s): CRM-christmastide-healey-satb.pdf; CRM-christmastide-healey-ssa.pdf

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