Carols for Choirs 4

by David Willcocks (Editor), John Rutter (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780193535732
Publisher:	Oxford University Press Music
Publication date:	10/23/1980
Series:	. . . for Choirs Collections , #4
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	9.88(w) x 6.85(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Born in 1919, David Willcocks began his musical career as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, later winning scholarships to Clifton College and King's College, Cambridge. Following war service, he was elected Fellow of King's College, and later became Organist of Salisbury and Worcester Cathedrals, conducting the Three Choirs Festival whilst at Worcester. Willcocks returned to King's College, Cambridge as Director of Music from 1957-1974, with the first collection of his arrangements in the Carols for Choirs series publishing in 1961. He was Director of Music at the Royal College of Music from 1974-1984, and was knighted in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Honours List in 1977. Willcocks also conducted The Bach Choir for 38 years, retiring in 1998. Sir David died in September 2015. 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 was awarded a CBE for services to music in 2007.

Table of Contents

Adeste fideles, WillcocksAngels, from the realms of glory, WillcocksAngelus ad Virginem, WillcocksAs with gladness men of old (2 versions), Kocher/WillcocksAway in a manger, Kirkpatrick/WillcocksThe cherry tree carol, WillcocksCoventry carol, RutterDeck the hall, RutterDing dong! merrily on high, WillcocksDonkey carol, RutterThe first Nowell, WillcocksGabriel to Mary came, WillcocksGabriel's message, RutterGod rest you merry, gentlemen (2 versions), WillcocksGood King Wenceslas, WillcocksHail! blessed Virgin Mary, WoodHark! the herald angels sing (2 versions), Mendelssohn/WillcocksHe smiles within his cradle, WillcocksThe holly and the ivy, RutterHow far is it to Bethlehem?, WillcocksI saw three ships, WillcocksI sing of a maiden, HadleyIl est né le divin enfant, RutterIn dulci jubilo (4-part version), PearsallIn dulci jubilo (3-part version), Rutter/PearsallThe Infant King, RutterIt came upon the midnight clear, Sullivan/WillcocksKing Jesus hath a garden, RutterThe Linden tree carol, RutterLute-book lullaby, Ballet/RutterA Merry Christmas, RutterNativity Carol, RutterA New Year carol, BrittenO come, all ye faithful, WillcocksO come, O come, Emmanuel, WillcocksO little town of Bethlehem, WillcocksOnce in royal David's city (2 versions), Gauntlett/WillcocksPast three a clock, RutterPersonent hodie, RutterQuelle est cette odeur agréable, WillcocksQuem pastores laudavere, RutterRocking, WillcocksSee amid the winter's snow, Goss/WillcocksShepherd's Pipe Carol, RutterStar Carol, Rutter/PontStille Nacht, Gruber/RutterSussex Carol, WillcocksThere is no rose, BrittenTomorrow shall be my dancing day, RutterUnto us is born a son, WillcocksUp! good Christen folk, and listen, WoodwardA Virgin most pure, RutterWhile shepherds watched, Willcocks