Round 9: Tossup 1

One of these works by William Hayman Cummings adapts a melody from Felix Mendelssohn’s “Gutenberg Cantata.” A popular setting of one of these works in the US begins in 3/4 time with the notes [read slowly] C, dotted C, short B flat, A. Harold Darke and Gustav Holst set a poem by Christina Rossetti as one of these works. Benjamin Britten’s opus 28 is titled A Ceremony of [these works]. (10[2]-5[1])Franz Gruber set words from Joseph Mohr to be one of these works, whose English translation features the line “Sleep in heavenly peace.” (-5[1])The Welsh melody (-5[1])“Nos Galan” (-5[1])was used as one of these works, which repeats “Fa, la, la, la, la, (10[1]-5[1])la, (10[1])la, la, la!” (10[2])For 10 points, name these works that include “Away in a Manger.” ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Christmas carols [accept Christmas songs; accept A Ceremony of Carols; prompt on songs]
<Editors, Classical Music> | Packet J
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