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How an American magazine helped launch one of Britain’s favorite Christmas carols

  • Written by Maura Ives, Professor of English, Texas A&M University
How an American magazine helped launch one of Britain’s favorite Christmas carols'In the Bleak Midwinter' didn't begin life as a song, but being set to music helped it find fame.starryvoyage/iStock via Getty Images Plus

In 1906, a new carol appeared in “The English Hymnal,” an influential collection of British church music. With words by British poet Christina Rossetti, set to a tune by composer Gustav Holst, it...

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