The first Christmas

Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky

Song TitleThe first Christmas (Search)
Composer(s):Celius Dougherty
Author(s):Elizabeth Fleming
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
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 LineA star was His nightlight, (Search)
Year of composition 1950 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=561866
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Celius-Dougherty-30-Art-Songs-in-Original-Keys-for-Medium-High-Voic-313695.html
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Range: D4 - A5 (Search)
Original KeyG Major (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceG Schirmer, “Celius Dougherty - 30 Art Songs in Original Keys” (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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