Love came down at Christmas: is a setting of words based on the poem by Christina Rossetti (5th December 1830 – 29th December 1894).
It is arranged for SATB choir with organ accompaniment.
A new baby, born into the world and bringing new love and joy.
Expected, delivered, presented – This piece was partly written in December 2021, a time when a first grandchild was expected. It was developed and arranged (for SATB) when he was born and shared on the day of his Christening – his presentation to the community.
Duration: about 2 minutes 55 seconds
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Lyrics:
Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, love divine,
Love incarnate, eternal, ineffable,
Star and angels gave the sign.
Worship we the Godhead,
Worship we Jesus,
But wherewith for Sacred sign?
Love, Love, Love shall be our token,
Love be yours, Love be mine.
Love to God and love to all people,
Love for plea, Love for gift, Love for sign.
Love for plea and gift and sign.
adpated from Love came down at Christmas by Christina Rossetti.
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Audio:
Audio recording of Love came down at Christmas
Disclaimer: This audio recording is shared only to illustrate the piece – not as a definitive recording. (It was recorded using over-dubbing and transposed/pitch-shifted vocals – a “one tweaked voice” production!)
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Score:
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This work © 2021 by G D J Jennings is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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