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50 Christmas carols
The volumes of Carols for Choirs have established themselves as the quintessential carol books for carol-singers around the world. Each volume presents a wide rage of carols to suit every occasion, from well-known tunes superbly arranged to be the best original compositions. Carols for Choirs 1 includes carols for audience and congregation with varied harmonizations and festive descants, the full text of the traditional Nine Lessons printed in the appendix, and a detailed list of the carol orchestrations available on rental.
Orchestrations for several of the carols from this collection are available on sale or hire under the titles Three Carol Orchestrations and Five Christmas Carols.
Eight Carol Accompaniments for 5 and 8 part brass (to accompany carols from CfC1 and CfC2) are also on sale.
Author Notes
John Rutter is an OUP composer. David Willcocks is a former Kings College Chapel Director of Music, London, and is conductor of the Bach Choir.
Table of Contents
A boy was bornBritten |
A Christmas CarolKodaly |
A great and mighty wonderKodaly |
A merry ChristmasWarrell |
A virgin most pureWood |
Adeste fidelesWillcocks |
And there were shepherdsBach and Willcocks |
Angels, from the realms of gloryJacques |
As with gladness men of oldKocher and Willcocks |
Away in a mangerKirkpatrick and Willcocks |
Away in a mangerJacques |
Blessed be that maid MaryWillcocks |
The Blessed son of GodVaughan Willams |
The Boar's head carolPoston |
Carol, with lullabyTate |
Coventry CarolTate |
Coventry CarolShaw |
Ding dong! merrily on highWood |
The first nowellWillcocks |
Gallery carolJacques |
Gloucestershire wassailVaughan Williams |
God rest you merry, gentlemenWillcocks |
Good King WenceslasJacques |
Hark! the herald angels singMendelssohn and Willcocks |
The holly and the ivyJacques |
I saw three shipsWillcocks |
I saw three shipsJacques |
In dulci jubiloPearsall and Jacques |
Infant holy, infant lowlyWillcocks |
It came upon the midnight clearSullivan |
King Jesus hath a gardenWood |
The linden tree carolJacques |
Lute-book lullabyBallet and Shaw |
No sad thought his soul affrightVaughan Williams |
O come, all ye faithfulWillcocks |
O little one sweetBach |
O little town of BethlehemVaughan Williams and Armstrong |
O men from the fieldsCooke |
Once in royal David's cityGauntlett and Mann |
Past three a clockWood |
Rejoice and be merryJacques |
RockingWillcocks |
See amid the winter's snowGoss and Willcocks |
The Shepherd's farewellBerlioz |
Sussex CarolWillcocks |
The three kingsCornelius and Atkins |
TorchesJoubert |
Unto us is born a sonWillcocks |
Up! good Christen folk, and listenWoodward |
We've been a while a-wanderingVaughan Williams |
What cheer?Walton |
When Christ was bornJacques |
While shepherds watched their flocksRavenscroft |
While the shepherds were watchingArmstrong Gibbs |
Zither CarolSargent |