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The first Christmas
Song record
peer reviewed
by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky
Song Title
The first Christmas (
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Composer(s):
Celius Dougherty
Author(s):
Elizabeth Fleming
Author Underrepresented Group
Woman (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Babies
;
Beds
;
Calm
;
Carol
;
Cattle
;
Children
;
Christianity
;
Christmas
;
Crying
;
Goodwill
;
Heralding
;
Jesus
;
Long Time
;
Love
;
Lullaby
;
Metaphor: Sky as Quilt
;
Metaphor: Stars as Nightlights
;
Midnight
;
Mothers
;
Nativity of Jesus
;
Nightlights
;
Praise
;
Quilts
;
Religion
;
Sheds
;
Singing
;
Sky
;
Sleep
;
Sleeping
;
Soft
;
Stars
;
Still
;
Virgin Mary
First Line
A star was His nightlight, (
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Year of composition
1950 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=561866
Musical Form
Modified strophic (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Celius-Dougherty-30-Art-Songs-in-Original-Keys-for-Medium-High-Voic-313695.html
Difficulty Level
Masters/YA (
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Range:
D4 - A5 (
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Original Key
G Major (
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Recommended Printed Source
G Schirmer, “Celius Dougherty - 30 Art Songs in Original Keys” (
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Contributor
GTM (
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