"Spring Bursts Today" [Alfred V. Fedak]

"Spring Bursts Today" [Alfred V. Fedak]

First line of lyrics: Spring bursts today

Fedak, Alfred V.; music (American, born 1953)

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

2021 [composition]; 2014 [composition] [copyright]

St. Louis: Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a division of MorningStar Music Publishers Inc.

genre: Easter music|anthem|carol|sacred music|choral music|song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: organ

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "An Easter Carol"

Composition history: "Commissioned by Harvard Memorial Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the inauguration of its new C. B. Fisk pipe organ, Easter, 2012"

Tempo markings: dotted quarter note = ca. 72

Performance instructions: "Joyfully"

Performance history: Performed on Easter, April 8, 2021 at Harvard University's Memorial Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and "was the first choral work to be performed with the new instrument," ("Spring Bursts Today"), the "C. B. Fisk Op. 139, The Charles B. Fisk and Peter J. Gomes Memorial Organ, which was dedicated on Easter Day, 2012." ("Spring Bursts Today: A Celebration of Eastertide")

Recordings: "Spring Bursts Today." ECS Publishing Group, https://www.morningstarmusic.com/spring-bursts-today-an-easter-carol.html. Accessed 30 March 2022.
"Alfred V. Fedak: Spring Bursts Today." Spring Bursts Today: A Celebration of Eastertide, performance by the Harvard University Choir, Edward Elwyn Jones, director, Christian Lane, organ, at The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, January 22–24, 2014, Soundmirror, Inc. 2014. bandcamp, https://harvarduniversitychoir.bandcamp.com/track/alfred-v-fedak-spring-bursts-today. Accessed 30 March 2022.

Format 1: musical score

11 pages; performance time 3 minutes 15 seconds

Other data reference(s): "Spring Bursts Today." ECS Publishing Group, https://www.morningstarmusic.com/spring-bursts-today-an-easter-carol.html. Accessed 30 March 2022.
Harvard University Choir. "Spring Bursts Today: A Celebration of Eastertide." bandcamp, https://harvarduniversitychoir.bandcamp.com/album/spring-bursts-today-a-celebration-of-eastertide. Accessed 30 March 2022.

Cataloguer: Jamie Harrison and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Spring Bursts Today." ECS Publishing Group, https://www.morningstarmusic.com/spring-bursts-today-an-easter-carol.html. Accessed 30 March 2022.

Record: CRM-eastercarol-fedak

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