A Child of the Snows - Jennifer Bastable

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"An extended setting of Chesterton’s poem, for five voices."

◈ Genre → Carol

♯ Key F minor

⁄ Time Signature 6/4

♬ Voicing → SMATB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced

↕ Range G2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 78

Texture Homophonic

Parts 5

Instruments SMATB

Pages 9

CPDL # 86877

Editor Jennifer Bastable

Posted 2025-09-25

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

E4 – G5

Mezzo

D4 – D5

Alto

G3 – A-4

Tenor

E-4 – D5

Bass

G2 – B-3

¶Lyrics / Text

There is heard a hymn when the panes are dim, And never before or again, When the nights are strong with a darkness long, And the dark is alive with rain. Never we know but in sleet and in snow, The place where the great fires are, That the midst of the earth is a raging mirth And the heart of the earth a star. And at night we win to the ancient inn Where the child in the frost is furled, We follow the feet where all souls meet At the inn at the end of the world. The gods lie dead where the leaves lie red, For the flame of the sun is flown, The gods lie cold where the leaves lie gold, And a Child comes forth alone.