"Holy Innocents" [Thérèse Hood]

"Holy Innocents" [Thérèse Hood]

First line of lyrics: Sleep, little baby, sleep

Hood, Thérèse; music (English, born 1958)

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

2009 [publication]

genre: song

solo: alto

chorus: SSAT chorus|women’s SSAA chorus

instrumentation: guitar|trumpet|harp|synthesizer

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United Kingdom

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Holy Innocents" ("Sleep, little Baby, sleep")

Tempo markings: quarter note = 115

Performance instructions: For SSAT chorus or SSAA chorus (Hood).

Recordings: "Holy Innocents." From Broken to Bethany. Performance by Therese Hood, vocals. Jubilee Records UK, 2009. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP1cIwq9MTU.

Format 1: musical score

performance time 3 minutes and 17 seconds

Other data reference(s): Hood, Therese. "Musical Score Holy Innocents Christina Rossetti." Received by Mary Arseneau, 12 August 2022.
"Thérèse Hood – From Broken To Bethany." Discogs, https://www.discogs.com/release/2407650-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se-Hood-From-Broken-To-Bethany. Accessed 21 June 2022.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Therese Hood

Record: CRM-holyinnocents-hood

File(s): CRM-holyinnocents-hood.pdf

"Therese Hood Jubilee Records 2009"

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