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SATB and piano | 2m45 | Intermediate
A new setting of Catherine Winkworth’s words, “A Spotless Rose”. The piece is SATB with piano, with a flowing, modal feel perfect for winter or Christmas.
A spotless Rose is blowing
Sprung from a tender root,
Of ancient seers’ foreshowing,
Of Jesse promised fruit;
Its fairest bud unfolds to light
Amid the cold, cold winter
And in the dark midnight.The Rose which I am singing,
Words: Es Ist Ein Ros, 15th Century German carol,
Whereof Isaiah said,
Is from its sweet root springing
In Mary, purest Maid;
For through our God’s great love and might
The blessed babe she bare us
In a cold, cold winter’s night.
Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1869
as with Redeemer of the Nations Come, I originally set this as part of my Catherine Winkworth Songbook project.