"An Easter Carol" [arr. Normal Mealy, Margaret Mealy, music unknown composer]

"An Easter Carol" [arr. Normal Mealy, Margaret Mealy, music unknown composer]

First line of lyrics: Spring bursts today

Unknown; music (Traditional Dutch melody)

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

Mealy, Margaret; arrangement (American, 1922-2020). Mealy, Norman; arrangement (American, 1923-1987)

1961 [publication]

Greenwich: Seabury Press

genre: Easter music|children's music|choral music|sacred music|song

solo: voice

chorus: mixed chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: one flat

origin: United States

female arranger|male arranger

English

Rossetti poem(s): "An Easter Carol"

Notes about the text: This song is a setting of lines 1-2 and 17-18 of the poem.

Tempo markings: half note = 1 beat

Performance instructions: "With vigor."

Notes: This setting is "based on Traditional Dutch" and is found in a collection called "Sing for Joy: a songbook for young children" edited by Normal Mealy and Margaret Mealy, with illustrations by Karla Kuskin.

Format 1: musical score

1 page

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4361, 4362

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

Reference: Hymnary.org, https://hymnary.org/

Other data reference(s): Record for "Sing for joy: a songbook for children." WorldCat, https://worldcat.org/en/title/860723. Accessed 25 October 2021.

Cataloguer: Hann Scurlock, University of Ottawa

Musical Score: Mealy, Norman, and Margaret Mealy (ed.). "Sing for joy: a songbook for young children." Seabury Press, 1961, no. 41, p. 35. University of Alberta, Edmonton.

Record: CRM-eastercarol-unknown

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