"A Christmas Chime" [Reginald B. Clarke]

"A Christmas Chime" [Reginald B. Clarke]

First line of lyrics: Who so hears a chiming for Christmas at the nighest

Clarke, B. Reginald; music (English, born in New Zealand, 1872?-1919)

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

1891 [publication]

London, New York: Novello, Ewer & Co.

genre: Christmas music|song|sacred music

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: five flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Christmas Carols"

Notes about the text: The song is a setting of the first two stanzas, section 1, of the poem. In line 2, the phrase "like Angels" is replaced by "of Angels" and in line 3, the word "boughs" is replaced by "trees".

Tempo markings: "Moderato"

Dedication: "To S. F. C."

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

In reference to the published works below: Ives DM101; Gooch and Thatcher 4330

Reference: Ives, Maura. Christina Rossetti: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2011.

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Other data reference(s): "Publications of the Month." The Bookseller, 4 July 1891, no. CCCCIV, p. 659. Google Books.
"Advertisement." Musical Times, Jul 1891, vol. 32, no. 581, p. 431.

Cataloguer: Jessica Nash, University of Ottawa

musical score: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

Record: CRM-christmascarols-clarke

File(s): CRM-christmascarols-clarke.pdf

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