The Night Was Dark and Stormy

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The night was dark and stormy, it was the winter wild

Author: Frederick M. Eliot (1914)
Tune: ES IST EIN ROS (5556553)
Published in 2 hymnals

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Author: Frederick M. Eliot

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Text Information

First Line:	The night was dark and stormy, it was the winter wild
Title:	The Night Was Dark and Stormy
Author:	Frederick M. Eliot (1914)
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1924
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ES IST EIN ROS (5556553)

First published with the text in the Cologne Gesangbuch of 1599 (see above), ES IST EIN ROS is a rounded bar form tune (AABA). The tune has characteristics of a Renaissance madrigal; it invites performance by an unaccompanied choir so that all the fine part writing and subtle rhythms can be clearly…

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