The Remarkable Woman Behind ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’
Publication Date
December 2015
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Creative Writing
Abstract
Choirmasters consider it the world’s greatest Christmas carol. It has been recorded by musicians ranging from the Choir of King’s College to Annie Lennox to James Taylor. Originally titled “A Christmas Carol,” the poem we know as “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) was first published in 1872 by the American journal Scribner’s Monthly. It wasn’t set to music until 1906, 12 years after Rossetti’s death, when it appeared in The English Hymnal.
Recommended Citation
Prior, Karen, "The Remarkable Woman Behind ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’" (2015). Faculty Publications and Presentations. 248.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/eml_fac_pubs/248
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