In the Bleak Midwinter

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Christmas carol choral setting hymn musical setting poem adaptation

"In the Bleak Midwinter" is a well-known Christmas carol based on a Christina Rossetti poem, frequently performed and recorded in choral and classical music settings.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Gustav Holst setting of "In the Bleak Midwinter" 0
Harold Darke setting of "In the Bleak Midwinter" 0
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995 film) 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christmas carol ⓘ
choral setting ⓘ
hymn ⓘ
musical setting ⓘ
poem adaptation ⓘ
answerInFinalVerse "Give my heart" ⓘ
author Christina Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn poem "In the Bleak Midwinter" NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonlyPerformedAt Christmas services ⓘ
Nine Lessons and Carols NERFINISHED ⓘ
carol services ⓘ
composer Gustav Holst NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harold Darke NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsStanza "Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him" ⓘ
"What can I give Him, poor as I am?" ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateComposed 1906 ⓘ
1909 ⓘ
firstPublication January 1872 ⓘ
firstPublicationAs poem GENERATED ⓘ
firstPublicationIn Scribner’s Monthly NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The English Hymnal NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequentlyRecordedBy choirs ⓘ
church choirs ⓘ
classical singers ⓘ
genre Christmas carol ⓘ
choral music ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
hasForm strophic ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Christina Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter irregular ⓘ
mostFamousSetting Gustav Holst setting ⓘ
Harold Darke setting ⓘ
publicationYear 1906 ⓘ
questionInFinalVerse "What can I give Him?" ⓘ
scoring SATB choir and organ ⓘ
setToMusicBy Gustav Holst NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harold Darke NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf numerous choral arrangements ⓘ
textIncipit In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan ⓘ
theme Incarnation ⓘ
Nativity of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
devotion ⓘ
humility ⓘ
tuneName Cranham NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn Anglican worship ⓘ
Protestant hymnals ⓘ
ecumenical carol collections ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Renaissance Films → distributed → In the Bleak Midwinter ⓘ
this entity surface form: In the Bleak Midwinter (1995 film)
Wintersong → hasTrack → In the Bleak Midwinter ⓘ
Christina Rossetti → notableWork → In the Bleak Midwinter ⓘ
Michael Maloney → notableWork → In the Bleak Midwinter ⓘ
Renaissance Films → produced → In the Bleak Midwinter ⓘ
this entity surface form: In the Bleak Midwinter (1995 film)
Renaissance Films → produced → In the Bleak Midwinter ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Midwinter’s Tale (alternate title of In the Bleak Midwinter)