"Love Came Down At Christmas" [B. Wayne Bisbee]

"Love Came Down At Christmas" [B. Wayne Bisbee]

First line of lyrics: Love came down at Christmas

Bisbee, Bud Wayne; music (American, born 1934)

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

2012 [copyright]

Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Music Publishing

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

chorus: SSA chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: five flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmastide"

Tempo markings: dotted half note = 40-49

Performance instructions: "molto legato" is indicated where all voices start (bar 9).

Recordings: "Love Came Down at Christmas." Performance by South Bay Children’s Chorus, Diane Simons, artistic director, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1088. Accessed 30 March 2022.

Format 1: musical score

6 pages; performance time 2 minutes 15 seconds

Cataloguer: Jamie Harrison, University of Ottawa

Musical score: "Love Came Down at Christmas." Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1088. Accessed 30 March 2022.

Record: CRM-christmastide-bisbee

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