"What are these that glow from afar" [Alan Gray]
Title
"What are these that glow from afar" [Alan Gray]
First line of lyrics: What are these that glow from afar
Creator
Gray, Alan; music (English, 1855-1935)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)
Date
1928 [composition]
Subject
genre: anthem|sacred music|song|choral music
chorus: SATB chorus
instrumentation: organ
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 2/4
origin: United Kingdom
male composer
Language
English
Description
Rossetti poem(s): "Martyr's Song"
Composition history: An obituary for Gray in The Times considers this setting one of the composer's most noteworthy choral works, noting that into it, Gray "introduced the plainsong tune of Jesu dulcis memoria with signal effect" ("Dr. Alan Gray").
Tempo markings: "Andante maestoso"; quarter note = 96
Recordings: "What Are These that Glow from Afar." Great Cathedral Anthems Vol 5. Performance by The Choir of Truro Cathedral, David Briggs, conductor. Priory Records, 1992.
Format
Format 1: musical score
13 pages
Source
Other data reference(s): "Dr. Alan Gray." Times, 30 Sept. 1935, p. 20. The Times Digital Archive, https://link-gale-com.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/apps/doc/CS336145726/TTDA?u=otta77973&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=0ffab435. Accessed 13 Oct. 2021.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
musical score: Choral Public Domain Library, uploaded by James Gibb on Oct. 23, 2016, http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/What_are_these_that_glow_from_afar_(Alan_Gray). Accessed 12 Oct. 2021.
Identifier
Record: CRM-martyrssong-gray
File(s): CRM-martyrssong-gray.pdf
Rights
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Files
Collection
Citation
Gray, Alan; music (English, 1855-1935) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"What are these that glow from afar" [Alan Gray],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed September 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3299.