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Chorale Song – ‘IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER’ – Gustav HOLST

arranged for FOUR Cellos or Larger Cello Ensemble (easy) by DAVID JOHNSTONE

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PDF 1 – General Score
PDF 2 – All Individual Cello Parts

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EXAMPLE from the score:

Notes:

“In the Bleak Midwinter” is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, commonly performed as a Christmas carol. The poem was published, under the title “A Christmas Carol”, in the January 1872 issue of Scribner’s Monthly.

In 1906, the composer Gustav Holst composed a setting of Rossetti’s words (titled “Cranham”) in ‘The English Hymnal’ which is sung throughout the world. An anthem setting by Harold Darke composed in 1909 is also widely performed by choirs, and other settings also exist, such as that by Benjamin Britten.

Holst’s setting of the hymn is very suitable for congregational singing, and is titled after Cranham, Gloucestershire and was written for the English Hymnal of 1906.

The arrangement for easy cello ensemble in four voices is now put into C Major. The Cello 1 part uses the first four left-hand positions, but all other parts are in first position. It is suggested to play two or three verses, changing the dynamics each time.

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