In the Bleak Mid-winter | Bradley Vogel | MusicSpoke

In the Bleak Mid-winter For the McPherson College Choir Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

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Gustav Holst Arr. Bradley Vogel

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In the Bleak Mid-winter | Bradley Vogel | MusicSpoke

Published on Jun 16, 2022

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Christina Rossetti, a leading poet of the late 19th century Victorian movement, is known for the imagery and symbolism in her literary works. A generation younger than Elizabeth Barrett Browning and a contemporary of Emily Dickinson (Rossetti and Dickinson were both born in December of 1830 - Christina on the 5th and Emily on the 10th), Rossetti was the fourth child born in a richly talented family, each member a teacher, artist, writer/poet, or critic. Titled "A Christmas Carol" by Rossetti, the text of "In the bleak mid-winter" first appeared in 1872 in a holiday issue of Scribner’s Monthly, which had asked Rossetti for a contribution appropriate to the season. Though she never collected the poem in any of her own books, her brother William included it in an edition that he published in 1904, ten years after her death.