"What Can I Give Him" [Tim Sharp]

"What Can I Give Him" [Tim Sharp]

First line of lyrics: In the bleak mid winter

Sharp, Tim [Timothy Wayne]; music (American, born 1955)

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

2012 [copyright]

Gentry Publications

genre: choral music|sacred music|song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")

Notes about the text: The line "A breastful of milk" in the poem is replaced with "His mother Mary cared for him" in this song, and the line "But only His mother" is changed to "But His mother only."

Tempo markings: quarter note = 80

Performance instructions: "Gently"

Recordings: "What Can I Give Him." Hal Leonard, https://www.halleonard.com/product/8754620/what-can-i-give-him. Accessed 4 Apr. 2022.

Dedication: "to Emma Sharp"

Format 1: musical score

10 pages

Cataloguer: Krystal Cote and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "What Can I Give Him". J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/What-Can-I-Give-Him/10310906.item#/submit. Accessed 9 March 2021.

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-sharp

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