The Oxford book of carols
Overview: A firm favorite with choirs for many years, this is a classic collection of traditional carols. Width its breadth of material, notes on sources, extended introduction and indexes, it is indispensable both as a choral collection and as a standard reference book.
| Other Authors: | Dearmer, Percy, 1867-1936,, Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958,, Shaw, Martin, 1875-1958, |
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| Format: | Musical Score |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[1964]
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| Physical Description: |
1 score (xxii, 454 pages) ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Traditional Carols: With Tunes Proper To Them:
- English, Welsh, and Irish (Numbers 1-72): Christmas Eve (First tune)
- Christmas Eve (Second tune)
- Child This Day (Christmas)
- Sunny Bank (Christmas)
- Virgin Most Pure (Christmas) (First tune)
- Virgin Most Pure (Christmas) (Second tune)
- Virgin Most Pure (Christmas) (Third tune)
- Praise Of Christmas (Advent : Christmas)
- Irish Carol (Christmas)
- Hereford Carol (Christmas)
- Somerset Carol (Christmas)
- Dark The Night (Epiphany : General)
- Come, Love We God! (Christmas : Epiphany)
- God Rest You Merry (Christmas) (First version)
- God Rest You Merry (Christmas : New Year) (Second version)
- God's Dear Son (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Wexford Carol (Christmas)
- Wassail Song (Christmas : New Year) (First tune)
- Good-Bye
- Wassail Song (Christmas : New Year) (Second tune (Leeds)
- Good-Bye
- All In The Morning: Part 1 (Christmas)
- All In The Morning: Part 2 (Lent to Easter)
- I Saw Three Ships (Christmas)
- Boar's Head Carol (Christmas, Secular)
- Yeoman's Carol (Christmas)
- Sir Christemas (Christmas, Secular)
- Coventry Carol (Christmas : Innocents) (First version)
- Coventry Carol (Christmas : Innocents) (Second version)
- Make We Joy (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Sussex Carol (Christmas) (First tune)
- Sussex Carol (Christmas) (Second tune)
- Gallery Carol (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Saint Stephen (Dec 26 and other occasions)
- First Nowell (Epiphany : Christmas)
- Greensleeves (New Year)
- This New Christmas Carol (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Lute-Book Lullaby (Nativity)
- Gloucestershire Wassail (Christmas and New Year, Secular)
- Somerset Wassail (Christmas and New Year, Secular)
- While Shepherds Watched (Christmas)
- Poverty (Nativity)
- Sans Day Carol (Nativity : Passiontide to Easter Tide)
- Salutation Carol (Nativity : Annunciation)
- Angel Gabriel (Nativity : Annunciation)
- Holly And The Ivy (Nativity : Lent : Autumn)
- This Endris Night (Nativity)
- Wonder Tidings (Nativity)
- Righteous Joseph (Nativity : Advent)
- Remember (Lent : Christmas)
- Seven Virgins (Passion)
- Lamb Of God (Passion : Easter : New Year)
- Sussex Mummer's Carol (Lent : Passion)
- Bellman's Song (General : Passion) (First tune)
- Bellman's Song (General : Passion) (Second tune)
- Bellman's Song (General : Passion) (Third tune)
- May Carol
- May-Day Garland (May)
- Furry Day Carol (May)
- Nos Galan (Winter)
- Sinner's Redemption (General)
- Angelus Ad Virginem (General, Medieval : Annunciation)
- Carnal And The Crane (General, Legendary)
- King Herod And The Cock (General, Legendary)
- Miraculous Harvest (General, Legendary)
- Holy Well (General, Legendary) (First tune)
- Holy Well (General, Legendary) (Second tune)
- Dives And Lazarus (General) (First tune)
- Dives And Lazarus (General) (First tune)
- Dives And Lazarus (General) (Second tune)
- Jacob's Ladder (General)
- Welsh Carol (General : Whitsuntide)
- Job (General) (First tune)
- Job (General) (Second tune)
- Job (General) (Third tune)
- Job (General) (Fourth tune)
- Down In Yon Forest (General)
- All And Some (General, Medieval)
- Green Grow'th The Holly (General)
- New Dial (General)
- Decree (General) (First tune)
- Decree (General) (Second tune)
- Cherry Tree Carol: Part 1 (General, Legendary) (First tune)
- Cherry Tree Carol: Part 2 (Christmas Eve) (Second tune)
- Cherry Tree Carol: Part 2 (Christmas Eve) (Third tune)
- Cherry Tree Carol: Part 3 (Lent: Passiontide) (Fourth tune)
- Song Of The Nuns Of Chester (Christmas, Medieval)
- Truth From Above (General) (First version)
- Truth From Above (General) (Second version) - Saviour's Work (General : Nativity)
- Joys Seven (General)
- My Dancing Day: Part 1 (General)
- Wondrous Works: Part 1 (General)
- Part 1 (continued) Foreign Carols: With Their Traditional Words Translated
- Dutch Carol (Christmas)
- Flemish Carol (Christmas and New Year)
- Bethlehem (Dans Cette Etable) (Christmas)
- Es Ist Ein' Ros' (There Is A Flower) (Christmas)
- Song Of The Crib (Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein) (Christmas)
- Personent Hodie (Sing Aloud On This Day!) (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Quem Pastores (Shepherds Left Their Flocks A-Straying) (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Three Kings (Innocents : Epiphany)
- Torches (Christmas)
- Patapan (Christmas)
- Congaudeat (Christmas : New Year : Epiphany)
- Cradle (Ein Kindlein In Der Wiegen) (Nativity)
- Puer Natus (Nativity)
- In Dulci Jubilo (Nativity)
- Rocking (Nativity)
- Waking-Time (Voison, D'ouven Ait?) (Nativity)
- Sion's Daughter (Nativity)
- Song Of The Ship (Es Kommt Ein Schiff) (Nativity)
- In The Town (Nous Voicid Dans La Ville (Nativity)
- Puer Nobis (Nativity)
- Mary's Wandering (Marias Wanderschaft) (Passion)
- Easter Eggs
- Now Glad Of Heart (Wir Wollen Alle Frohlich Sein) (Easter : Ascension : Trinity Sunday)
- Hilariter (Easter : Spring : Summer)
- Secret Flower (Gebor'n Ist Uns Ein Kindelein) (Easter : Whitsuntide : Saints Days)
- Spring Has Come (Spring)
- Flower Carol (Spring)
- Message (General)
- Gems Of Day (Le Vermeil Du Soleil) (General)
- Gabriel's Message (General : Easter)
- Birds (General)
- How Brightly Beams (Wie Schon Leuchtet) (General : Epiphany : Easter) (First version)
- How Brightly Beams (Wie Schon Leuchtet) (General : Epiphany : Easter) (Second version)
- Garden Of Jesus (General)
- So, Brother (Fesans Raijouissance) (General)
- Praise To God (General)
- Kingdom (Quoi, Ma Vosine?) (General)
- O Little One (O Jesulein Suss) (General) (First version)
- O Little One (O Jesulein Suss) (General) (Second version)
- Jesus Of The Manger (General)
- Builders (General : Dedication) (Grand Dieu! Que De Merveilles) (Christmas)
- Eia, Eia (General)
- Spanish Carol (Nativity)
- Part 2: Traditional Carol Tunes Set To Other Traditional Or Old Texts (Numbers 114-132):
- No Room In The Inn (Advent)
- Joseph And Mary (Advent and Christmas)
- Babe Is Born (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Immortal Babe (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Susanni (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Angels From The Realms (Les Anges Dabs Bis Camoagbes) (Christmas : Epiphany)
- In Bethlehem, That Fair City (Christmas : Innocents' Day)
- Falan-Tiding (Epiphany : Christmas)
- Herrick's Carol (Christmas)
- Chanticleer (Nativity)
- Summer In Winter (Nativity)
- Rorate (Nativity)
- Candlemas Eve (1 February, and Spring)
- God Is Ascended (Gen Himmel Aufgefahren 1st) (Ascension)
- Welcome, Summer
- Pleasure It Is (Summer and Harvest)
- Watts's Cradle Song (General)
- Coverdale's Carol (General)
- Psalm Of Sion (General)
- Part 3: Modern Texts Written For Or Adapted To Traditional Tunes (Numbers 133-167)
- Carol Of The Advent (November and December)
- Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep (Christmas)
- If Ye Would Hear (Advent : Christmas Eve)
- Earthly Friends (Christmas)
- Good King Wenceslas (St Stephen, 26 December)
- Masters In This Hall (Christmas)
- O Little Town (Christmas Eve : Christmas)
- Infinite Light (Epiphany : Lent : General : Missionary)
- Band Of Children (Innocents' Day : Epiphany to Lent) (Laissez Paitre Vos Betes) (Christmas)
- January Carol (January and February)
- Children's Song Of The Nativity
- World's Desire (Nativity)
- White Lent (Ash Wednesday to the Eve of Passion Sunday) (Quittez, Pasteurs) ( Christmas)
- Mothering Sunday (Mid-Lent) (Ich Weiss Ein Lieblich Engelspiel) (General)
- Merchant's Carol (Palm Sunday : Holy Week)
- Easter Carol (Easter) (Nous Allons, Ma Mie (Christmas)
- Christ The Lord Is Risen (Easter)
- Love Is Come Again (Easter) Noel Nouvelet (Christmas)
- World Itself (Easter)
- Athens (Easter)
- Festival Carol (Easter to Trinity Sunday, etc)
- Song Of The Spirit (Whitsuntide, etc)
- Spirit (Whitsuntide : General) (Courons A La Fete) (Christmas)
- April
- Summer Time (Summer) (Une Vaine Crainte) (Christmas)
- Summer Carol
- Thanksgiving Carol (Harvest : Autumn)
- Golden Sheaves (Harvest)
- Angels Holy (General : Praise)
- Shepherd (General)
- Bell Carol (General) (Je Sais, Vierge Marie) (Christmas)
- Three Traitors (General)
- Carol Of Beauty (General : Praise) (Quelle Est Cette O Deur Agreable?) (Christmas)
- Golden Mornings (General)
- Carol Of Service (General) (Promptement Levez-Vous) (Christmas)
- Carol Of The Kingdom (General)
- Part 4: Traditional Carols (together with some by old writers)
- Set To Tunes By Modern Composers (Numbers 168-185):
- Ben Jonson's Carol (Christmas Eve : Christmas)
- Tyrley, Tyrlow (Christmas)
- New Prince, New Pomp (Christmas)
- Shakespeare's Carol (Christmas, Secular) (First tune)
- Shakespeare's Carol (Christmas, Secular) (Second tune)
- Make We Merry (Christmas, Secular)
- Golden Carol (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Welcome Yule (Christmas, St Stephen, etc : Candlemas)
- Virgin's Cradle Hymn (Nativity)
- Herrick's Ode (Nativity)
- Out Of Your Sleep (Nativity)
- In Excelsis Gloria (Nativity) (First tune)
- In Excelsis Gloria (Nativity) (Second tune)
- Quest (Marias Wallfahrt) (Passion)
- Adam Lay Ybounden (General, Medieval)
- Balulalow (General)
- Lullay My Liking (General, Medieval)
- I Sing Of A Maiden (General, Medieval)
- All Bells In Paradise (General)
- Wither's Rocking Hymn (General)
- Part 5: Carols By Modern Writers And Composers (Numbers 186-197):
- Snow In The Street (Christmas)
- Mid-Winter (Christmas)
- Our Brother Is Born (Christmas)
- Merry Christmas (Christmas, Secular)
- Winter's Snow (Christmas) (First tune)
- Winter's Snow (Christmas) (Second tune)
- Christmas Tree (Christbaum) (Christmas)
- Snow Lies Thick (Christmas)
- Kings (Die Konige (Epiphany)
- Kings In Glory (Christmas : Epiphany)
- Kings Of Orient (Epiphany)
- Blake's Cradle Song (General)
- Crown Of Roses (Tchaikovsky's Legend) (General)
- Carols arranged for use throughout the year
- Notes on the use of Carols
- Index of composers, sources, etc
- Index of authors, sources, etc
- Index of titles
- Index of first lines.