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Carols for choirs. 4, Fifty carols for soprano and alto / edited and arranged by David Willcocks and John Rutter.

Contributor(s): Willcocks, David, 1919-2015 [editor, arranger] | Rutter, John, 1945- [editor, arranger].
Material type: materialTypeLabelScorePublisher: London : Oxford University Press, [1980]Description: scores (208 pages) ; 22 cm.Content type: notated music Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0193535734 .Subject(s): Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) | Carols -- ScoresDDC classification: S/422
Contents:
A merry Christmas -- A Virgin most pure -- Adeste fideles -- Angels, from the realms of glory -- Angelus ad virginem -- As with gladness men of old -- Away in a manger -- The cherry tree carol -- Coventry carol -- Deck the hall -- Ding dong! merrily on high -- Donkey carol -- The first Nowell -- Gabriel to Mary came -- Gabriel's message -- God rest you merry gentlemen -- Good King Wenceslas -- Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary -- Hark! the herald angels sing -- He smiles within his cradle -- The holly and the ivy -- How far is it to Bethlehem? -- I saw three ships -- I sing of a maiden -- Il est ne le divin enfant -- In dulci jubilo -- The infant king -- It came upon the midnight clear -- King Jesus hath a garden -- The linden tree carol -- Lute-book lullaby -- Nativity carol -- A new year carol -- O come, all ye faithful -- O come, o come Emmanuel -- O little town of Bethlehem -- Once in royal David's city -- Past three a clock -- Personent hodie -- Quelle est cette odeur agreable -- Quem pastores laudavere -- Rocking -- See amid the winter's snow -- Shepherd's pipe carol -- Shepherds left their flocks a-straying -- Silent night -- Star carol -- Stille nacht -- Sussex carol -- There is no rose -- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day -- Unto us is born a son -- Up! good Christen folk, and listen -- Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing? -- While shepherds watched their flocks -- A service of nine lessons and carols.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

50 carols for sopranos and altos (suitable for boys', girls', or women's choirs). It contains mostly simple arrangements of the best-loved carols, some less well-known ones, and four original pieces by Britten (2), Rutter, and Hadley. Most of the Christmas hymns are presented in two versions; for choirs only, unaccompanied, and for choir and audience/congregation, with accompaniment.
Orchestral accompaniments for many of the carols are available on hire.

Includes index.

A merry Christmas -- A Virgin most pure -- Adeste fideles -- Angels, from the realms of glory -- Angelus ad virginem -- As with gladness men of old -- Away in a manger -- The cherry tree carol -- Coventry carol -- Deck the hall -- Ding dong! merrily on high -- Donkey carol -- The first Nowell -- Gabriel to Mary came -- Gabriel's message -- God rest you merry gentlemen -- Good King Wenceslas -- Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary -- Hark! the herald angels sing -- He smiles within his cradle -- The holly and the ivy -- How far is it to Bethlehem? -- I saw three ships -- I sing of a maiden -- Il est ne le divin enfant -- In dulci jubilo -- The infant king -- It came upon the midnight clear -- King Jesus hath a garden -- The linden tree carol -- Lute-book lullaby -- Nativity carol -- A new year carol -- O come, all ye faithful -- O come, o come Emmanuel -- O little town of Bethlehem -- Once in royal David's city -- Past three a clock -- Personent hodie -- Quelle est cette odeur agreable -- Quem pastores laudavere -- Rocking -- See amid the winter's snow -- Shepherd's pipe carol -- Shepherds left their flocks a-straying -- Silent night -- Star carol -- Stille nacht -- Sussex carol -- There is no rose -- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day -- Unto us is born a son -- Up! good Christen folk, and listen -- Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing? -- While shepherds watched their flocks -- A service of nine lessons and carols.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Adeste fideles
  • Angels, from the realms of glory
  • Angelus ad Virginem
  • As with gladness men of old (2 versions)
  • Away in a manger
  • The cherry tree carol
  • Coventry carol
  • Deck the hall
  • Ding dong! merrily on high
  • Donkey carol
  • The first Nowell
  • Gabriel to Mary came
  • Gabriel's message
  • God rest you merry, gentlemen (2 versions)
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • Hail! blessed Virgin Mary
  • Hark! the herald angels sing (2 versions)
  • He smiles within his cradle
  • The holly and the ivy
  • How far is it to Bethlehem?
  • I saw three ships
  • I sing of a maiden
  • Il est ne le divin enfant
  • In dulci jubilo (4-part version)
  • In dulci jubilo (3-part version)
  • The Infant King
  • It came upon the midnight clear
  • King Jesus hath a garden
  • The Linden tree carol
  • Lute-book lullaby
  • A Merry Christmas
  • Nativity Carol
  • A New Year carol
  • O come, all ye faithful
  • O come, O come, Emmanuel
  • O little town of Bethlehem
  • Once in royal David's city (2 versions)
  • Past three a clock
  • Personent hodie
  • Quelle est cette odeur agreable
  • Quem pastores laudavere
  • Rocking
  • See amid the winter's snow
  • Shepherd's Pipe Carol
  • Star Carol
  • Stille Nacht
  • Sussex Carol
  • There is no rose
  • Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
  • Unto us is born a son
  • Up! good Christen folk, and listen
  • A Virgin most pure
  • While shepherds watched

Author notes provided by Syndetics

John Rutter studied music at Clare College, Cambridge and first came to notice as a composer and arranger of Christmas carols and other choral pieces during those early years; today his compositions, including such concert-length works as Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, The Gift of Life, and Visions are performed around the world. John edits the Oxford Choral Classics series, and, with Sir David Willcocks, co-edited four volumes of Carols for Choirs. In 1983 he formed his own choir The Cambridge Singers, with whom he has made numerous recordings on the Collegium Records label, and he appears regularly in several countries as a guest conductor and choral ambassador. John holds a Lambeth Doctorate in Music, and in 2007 was awarded a CBE for services to music. In September 2023, he received the Ivors Academy Fellowship, and in 2024 he was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours.