"In The Bleak Midwinter" [Edward-Rhys Harry]
Title
"In The Bleak Midwinter" [Edward-Rhys Harry]
Creator
Harry, Edward-Rhys; music (Welsh, born 1973)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Subject
genre: choral music|song|Christmas music
chorus: SATB chorus
instrumentation: piano
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
Composition history: "Originally written for the choir at Queen Mary's College, this piece takes the familiar words of Christina Rossetti and translates them into a semi dramatico setting, exploring the atmosphere and images projected from the text. The main intent was to explore the relationship between the music and the words. In ABA form, the piece moves from one minor key to another before returning to its original state" ("In The Bleak Midwinter - Edward-Rhys Harry").
Format
Format 1: musical score
performance time 4 minutes and 15 seconds
Source
Other data reference(s): "In The Bleak Midwinter - Edward-Rhys Harry." Chichester Music Press, https://chichestermusicpress.co.uk/cgi-bin/chichestermusicpress.pl?chunk=scoreid&ismn=M708047858. Accessed 11 April 2022.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
Identifier
Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-harry
Rights
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Files
Collection
Citation
Harry, Edward-Rhys; music (Welsh, born 1973) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"In The Bleak Midwinter" [Edward-Rhys Harry],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed May 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3257.