"Winter Rain" [Percival Garratt]

"Winter Rain" [Percival Garratt]

First line of lyrics: Ev'ry valley drinks

Garratt, Percival; music (British, 1877-1953)

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

1923 [publication]

London: Oxford University Press

genre: choral music|song

chorus: unison chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Winter Rain"

Notes about the text: This is a setting of all stanzas of the poem. In line 23 of the poem, "could" is changed in the song to "would."

Tempo markings: "Moderato"

Notes: "Key B minor"

Format 1: musical score

Contains tonic sol-fa notation

5 pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "Winter Rain." Main catalogue, British Library, explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004352252. Accessed 6 Feb. 2023.

Cataloguer: Laurel Richardson, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Boston Public Library, Boston

Record: CRM-winterrain-garratt

File(s): CRM-winterrain-garratt.pdf

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