In The Bleak Midwinter

By: Gustav Holst
For: Solo instrument (Classical Guitar [notation])
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Composer
Gustav Holst
Year of composition
1906
Arranger
Year of arrangement
2011
Difficulty
Moderate (Grades 4-6)
Duration
3 minutes
Genre
Classical music
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"In the Bleak Midwinter" is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, commonly performed as a Christmas carol. The poem was published, under the title "A Christmas Carol", in the January 1872 issue of Scribners Monthly and was first collected in book form in Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan, 1875). In 1906, Gustav Holst composed a setting of Rossetti's words (titled "Cranham") in The English Hymnal which is sung throughout the world and is the basis of this arrangement. A wonderful tune that works well on the guitar as a solo piece. The arrangement makes extensive use of open strings and I have indicated this wherever it is important so the opening is based on an open G and an open E being present throughout the four bars, the 2nd finger equally stays on the note D therefore only the bass moves. The melody, which begins at bar 5, also makes use of these open strings and the open B.

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