Christina Rossetti

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Life

Born: 5 December 1830

Died: 29 December 1894

Biography

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem "Remember", and for the words of what became the popular Christmas carol "In the Bleak Midwinter".

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Musical settings of literary works

• 3 Christmas Songs (Huub de Lange)
• Advent Anthem (The Advent moon shines cold and clear) (Douglas Brooks-Davies)
• A Christmas Carol (Huub de Lange)
• Echo (Andrew Miller)
• In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst)
• In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Darke)
• In the bleak midwinter (Mick Swithinbank)
• Rest (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
• This Advent moon (Charles H. Giffen)
• This Advent moon shines cold and clear (Charles H. Giffen)

Publications

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