How an American magazine helped launch one of Britain’s favorite Christmas carols
- Written by Maura Ives, Professor of English, Texas A&M University
'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 PlusIn 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...





