"Christmas Time" [Robert S. Cohen]

"Christmas Time" [Robert S. Cohen]

First line of lyrics: Christmas hath darkness

Cohen, Robert S.; music (American, born 1945)

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

2010 [composition]; 2014 [copyright]

Upper Montclair: Leapfrog Productions

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

chorus: SATB voices with divisi

instrumentation: a cappella|piano

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - chorus: SSA chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: a cappella|piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one flat

other version 2 - chorus: men's TTBB chorus

other version 2 - instrumentation: a cappella|piano

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmas Eve"

Notes about the text: The setting starts with the words "Christmas, Christmas Time," which is repeated after the first stanza of the poem and at the end of the song. In the lines 7 and 15 of the poem, the name "Jesus" is replaced by "gladness." The last line in both stanzas of the poem, "Brought for us so low" is replaced by the line "All the world can know" in the song. After the fourth line of the second stanza of the poem (l. 12), "Christmas" is repeated several time, followed by the first four lines of the first stanza of the poem, and then lines 13-15 of the poem.

Tempo markings: "Moderato"; quarter note = 100

Performance instructions: "(SATB, accompanied or a cappella)." “*optional solo quartet on ms. 45-52.”

Recordings: "Christmas Time Live." SoundCloud, uploaded by Robert S. Cohen, 4 Mar. 2020, https://soundcloud.com/user-139939122/christmas-time-live

Format 1: musical score

9 pages; performance time 3 minutes

Other data reference(s): "Christmas Time." Robert S. Cohen, https://www.robertscohen.com/christmas-time-2010/. Accessed 10 Sep. 2021.

Cataloguer: Elizabeth Whicher, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Christmas Time." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/Christmas-Time/10485043.item#/submit. Accessed 10 Sep. 2021

Record: CRM-christmaseve-cohen

"© 2014"

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