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Christmas Hymn Story: In the Bleak Mid-Winter

November 27, 2022 Leave a comment

English poet Christina Rosetti published a poem under the title “A Christmas Carol” in January 1872 issue of Scribner’s Monthly. Composer Gustav Holst composed a setting to her words in 1906. The new hymn appeared in The English Hymnal under the title “In the Bleak Midwinter”. In 1909, Harold Darke composed an anthem for the piece, which is widely performed […]

Christmas Song Story: In the Bleak Midwinter

December 12, 2021 Leave a comment

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In the Bleak Midwinter is based on a poem by Christina Rossetti, an English poet. The poem was published in the January 1872 issue of Scribner’s Monthly under the title “A Christmas Carol”. The 1906 English Hymnal first published the poem set to music by Gustav Holst. In 1911, Harold Darke wrote a more complex anthem which is often used […]

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Christmas Hymn Story: In the Bleak Mid-Winter

Christmas Song Story: In the Bleak Midwinter