tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post1923818066304119279..comments2023-12-03T03:04:42.826-05:00Comments on Conjubilant with Song: Christina Georgina RossettiC.W.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-17475674956692448202012-04-28T13:36:29.437-04:002012-04-28T13:36:29.437-04:00That "missing" stanza isn't complete...That "missing" stanza isn't completely forgotten as it is included in the Harold Darke anthem setting mentioned above. Those lines are a solo there and I know I've sung it a few times over the years.<br /><br />But it was undoubtedly considered inappropriate when the poem began to appear in hymnals in the early 29th century.C.W.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-19372490133535129902012-04-27T13:45:20.894-04:002012-04-27T13:45:20.894-04:00P.S. Audrey’s half-jesting comment when I told he...P.S. Audrey’s half-jesting comment when I told her just now about the little-known verse that says “a breastful of milk” is enough for baby Jesus:<br /><br />That’s a little risqué for Christmastime! I can see how that one had to go!Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-21257828003872868222012-04-27T13:21:26.756-04:002012-04-27T13:21:26.756-04:00How well I remember singing these beautiful verses...How well I remember singing these beautiful verses at MCC San Francisco!<br /><br />You provide much valuable info here, but there’s a lot that you don’t say… for example, about her best-known poem “Goblin Market” and its heady mix of same-sex eroticism and Christian allegory. Today (April 27) is Christina Rossetti’s feast day in the Episcopal and Anglican churches -- reason enough to consider her work again. They even have a special prayer about her, which I include on my blog.<br /><br />It was inspiring to immerse myself in her life while researching and writing a piece about her for the Jesus in Love Blog today:<br /><br /><a href="http://jesusinlove.blogspot.com/2012/04/christina-rossetti-queer-writer-of.html" rel="nofollow"> Christina Rossetti: Queer writer of Christmas carols and lesbian poetry</a><br /><br />On a hymn-related note: While researching my piece, I noticed that many singers only do the first and last verses of In the Bleak Midwinter. And there is still another verse that you don’t reproduce here<br /><br />3. Enough for Him, whom cherubim <br /> Worship night and day,<br />A breastful of milk <br /> And a mangerful of hay;<br />Enough for Him, whom angels <br /> Fall down before,<br />The ox and ass and camel <br /> Which adore.:Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-14095370954819297442008-12-07T14:55:00.000-05:002008-12-07T14:55:00.000-05:00Yes, C.W.S., I do believe you are right! We were ...Yes, C.W.S., I do believe you are right! We were commenting on each other's blogs at the same time! How funny!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tip on Rosetti's third Christmas hymn. It is a sweet little one and I like it too!Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02432234458348984602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-82575926287160760532008-12-07T14:38:00.000-05:002008-12-07T14:38:00.000-05:00Rossetti even has a third Christmas hymn, this one...Rossetti even has a third Christmas hymn, this one perhaps more for children:<BR/><I>The shepherds had an angel</I> which you can hear here:<BR/>http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/h/e/shephang.htm<BR/><BR/>Dorothy, I think I was commenting on your blog at exactly the same time you were commenting here!C.W.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-35910505609629268282008-12-07T14:30:00.000-05:002008-12-07T14:30:00.000-05:00I absolutely love this hymn and I am very glad you...I absolutely love this hymn and I am very glad you posted it, C.W.S.!! I really don't care that its a Christmas hymn rather than an advent one. <BR/><BR/>Leland, thanks for the introduction to her other Christmas hymn, Love Came Down at Christmas. I do believe its a new favourite of mine!Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02432234458348984602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-13636015327065435342008-12-06T00:59:00.000-05:002008-12-06T00:59:00.000-05:00In evangelical/Baptist hymnals lately CRANHAM is o...In evangelical/Baptist hymnals lately CRANHAM is often displaced by a tune called CASTLE, which requires some alteration of the poetry. I'm not sure it's any improvement ;-)<BR/><BR/>But I do think her other Christmas poem, <A HREF="http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/c/lcamdown.htm" REL="nofollow"><I>Love came down at Christmas</I></A>, usually set to the Irish folk tune <A HREF="http://www.smallchurchmusic.com/MP3/MP3-LoveCameDown-PipeL1C-128-CAM.mp3" REL="nofollow">GARTAN</A> (or Garton) but occasionally to other tunes, is beautiful, and even simpler than "In the bleak midwinter".<BR/><BR/>Leland aka HaruoLeland Bryant Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211499185401035099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-5141786816892379692008-12-06T00:49:00.000-05:002008-12-06T00:49:00.000-05:00Thank you for writing about Christina Rossetti. T...Thank you for writing about Christina Rossetti. This is one of my favourite carols. I used to listen to a radio program called "Off the Record" on CBC fm (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). It was hosted by Bob Kerr and every Dec. he played the Holst setting AND the setting by Harold Darke and compared them and chose his favourite - for the time being. By the next year, it might have changed to the other tune. I love them both. There is also a lovely solo voice setting of this by Eric Thiman. Quite a soaring melody in spots as I recall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com