"In the Bleak Midwinter" [Ruth Morris Gray]

"In the Bleak Midwinter" [Ruth Morris Gray]

First line of lyrics: In the bleak midwinter

Gray, Ruth Morris; music (American, born 1961)

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

2020 [copyright]

Alfred Music Publishing

genre: choral music|song|Christmas music

chorus: SAB chorus

instrumentation: piano|drum

initial sharps/flats: one sharp

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - chorus: men's TBB chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano|drum

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp

other version 2 - chorus: SAA chorus

other version 2 - instrumentation: piano|drum

other version 2 - initial sharps/flats: one sharp

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")

Notes about the text: This song is a setting of the first stanza of the poem (ll. 1-8), and the first four lines of the fourth stanza (ll. 25-28). Line 8 of the poem "Long ago" is replaced by "Long time ago" in the song.

Tempo markings: "Rhythmically"; quarter note = ca. 138

Performance instructions: "with optional drum"

Recordings: "In the Bleak Midwinter." Alfred Music, https://www.alfred.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter/p/00-48330/. Accessed 10 Jan. 2023.

Format 1: musical score

11 pages; performance time 2 minutes and 42 seconds

Cataloguer: Jessica Nash and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score: "In the Bleak Midwinter." (SAB) Alfred Music, www.alfred.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter/p/00-48330/. Accessed 11 Jan. 2023.

Musical score: "In the Bleak Midwinter." (TBB) Alfred Music, www.alfred.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter/p/00-48332/. Accessed 11 Jan. 2023.

Musical score: "In the Bleak Midwinter." (SSA) Alfred Music, www.alfred.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter/p/00-48331/. Accessed 11 Jan. 2023.

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "In the Bleak Midwinter." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/In-the-Bleak-Midwinter/11197169.item. Accessed 4 Nov. 2021.

Record: CRM-christmascarolinthebleak-gray

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