Contribution to Book
What Do You Give to a God Who Has Everything? "In the Bleak Mid-Winter"
Never Enough Singing: Essays in Honor of Seth Kasten
(2018)
Abstract
A discussion of Christina Rosetti and her poem "A Christmas Carol". A famous musical setting of this poem is by Gustav Holst and is where the title "In the Bleak Mid-Winter originated. Another setting, by Harold Darke is sung and broadcast every Christmas by the Kings College Choir at Cambridge. This essay also includes a personal account of the author's experience with the poem and it's meaning to her. The full text of the poem as well as the Holst version of the carol is also included.
Keywords
- Christina Rosetti,
- Christmas Carol,
- Gustav Holst,
- Harold Darke,
- Christ's birth,
- Advent
Disciplines
Publication Date
2018
Editor
McMahon, M. L.
Publisher
American Theologic Library Association
ISBN
978-0-98633105-3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31046/atlapress.15
Citation Information
Leslie A Engelson. "What Do You Give to a God Who Has Everything? "In the Bleak Mid-Winter"" ChicagoNever Enough Singing: Essays in Honor of Seth Kasten (2018) p. 30 - 35 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/leslie-engelson/5/
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