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The New Oxford Book of Carols

Catalogue No: 9780193533226
Product FormatSheet Music/CD
ComposerHugh Keyte & Andrew Parrott
£68.50
Typically dispatched in 3-4 working days
Pages744
Publication Date15 October 1998
ISBN9780193533226 (0193533227)

Music and texts of 201 carols for the Christmas season (many in more than one setting), each with copious notes on historical background and performance. An extensive general introduction gives an overview of the history of the carol, and there are a number of appendices dealing with specific areas of the repertory. The book's approach is an attempt to rediscover the native vitality of material that has sometimes been debased and sentimentalized, by means of `authentic' period settings and a concern for historically informed performance.

Contents

  1. PART 1: COMPOSED CAROLS
  2. THE MIDDLE AGES
  3. Verbum supernum, prodiens/High Word of God, Eternal Light
  4. Veni, Redemptor gencium/Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
  5. Christe, Redemptor omnium/O Christ, the Father's only son
  6. A solis ortus cardine/From lands that see the sun arise
  7. Letabundus/Come rejoicing
  8. Festa dies agitur
  9. Dieus soit en cheste maison
  10. Angelus ad Virginem/Gabriel, fram Heven-King
  11. Procedenti Puero-Eya!/Verbum caro factum est-Eya! novus annus est
  12. Ad cantus leticie
  13. Laudemus cum armonia
  14. Verbum caro factum est: Dies est leticie
  15. Verbum caro factum est: In hoc anni circulo
  16. Verbum Patris hodie
  17. Verbum Patris umanatur
  18. Veni, veni, Emanuel/O Come, O Come, Emmanuel!
  19. Qui creavit celum/He who made the earth so fair (Song of the Nuns of Chester)
  20. Dies est laeticiae/Earth with joy this day doth ring
  21. Corde natus ex Parentis/Of the Father's heart begotten
  22. Personent hodie/On this day earth shall ring
  23. Puer nobis nascitur/Unto us is born a Son
  24. Omnis mundus iucundetur
  25. ENGLISH CAROLS 1400-1700
  26. Lullay, lullay: Als I lay on Yoolis Night
  27. Lullay, Lullow: I Saw a Swete Semly Syght
  28. Nova! nova!
  29. Nowell: Tydynges trew ther be cum new
  30. Hayl, Mary, ful of grace
  31. Ther is no rose of swych vertu
  32. Alleluya pro Virgine Maria
  33. Alleluya: A nywe werk is come on honde
  34. Make we joye nowe in this fest
  35. What tydynges bryngest thou, Messangere?
  36. Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse
  37. Nowel syng we bothe al and som
  38. Synge we to this mery cumpane
  39. Nowell: Dieus wous garde, byewsser
  40. Nowell: The borys hede (The Exeter Boar's Head Carol)
  41. Marvele noght, Josep
  42. Thys endere nyghth I saw a syghth
  43. Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child (The Coventry Carol)
  44. As I out rode this enderes night (The Coventry Shepherds' Carol)
  45. We happy hirdes men
  46. Come, love we God!
  47. Swete was the song the Virgine soong
  48. Thus angels sung (The Angels' Song)
  49. While shepherds watched their flocks by night
  50. O remember Adam's fall/Remember, O thou man
  51. EUROPEAN CAROLS 1550-1700
  52. Riu, riu, chiu
  53. Verbum caro factum est: Y la Virgen le dezia
  54. E la don, don Verges Maria
  55. Gaudete!
  56. Psallite Unigenito
  57. En! Natus est Emanuel - Lo! born is our Emmanuel
  58. Puer natus in Bethlehem - A Boy is born in Bethlehem - Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem
  59. Resonet in laudibus - Let the voice of praise resound - Joseph, lieber Joseph mein - Joseph, dearest Joseph mine
  60. Magnum Nomen Domini Emanuel - O proclaim the mighty Name Emmanuel!
  61. Quem pastores laudavere - Shepherds sang their praises o'er him
  62. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Saviour of the Gentiles, come!
  63. In dulci jubilo - Good Christian men, rejoice!
  64. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm'ich her - From highest heaven I come to tell
  65. Christum wir sollen loben schon - From lands that see the sun arise
  66. Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht' - While by my sheep I watched at night
  67. Es steht ein'Lind' im Himmelreich - There stood in heaven a linden tree
  68. Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel, kommt! - Come, angels, come! from heaven, appear
  69. Ein Kindlein in der Wiegen - He smiles within his cradle
  70. Es ist ein Roess entsprungen - Of Jesse's line descended - Es ist ein Reis entsprungen - A great and mighty wonder
  71. O Jesulein Suss! o Jesulein Mild! - O Little One Sweet! O Little One Mild
  72. Wachet Auf! - Wake, O Wake!
  73. Wie Schon leuchtet der Morgenstern - How fair the Morning Star doth shine
  74. EUROPE AND AMERICA 1700-1830
  75. Adeste, fideles/O come, all ye faithful
  76. Christians, awake!
  77. Lo! he comes, with clouds descending - Lo! he comes, an infant stranger
  78. Lift up your heads in joyful hope
  79. Hark! hear you not a chearful noise
  80. Hark! hark what news the angels bring
  81. Joy to the world!
  82. Come, let us all with heart and voice
  83. As shepherds in Jewry
  84. Shepherds, rejoice!
  85. A virgin unspotted
  86. The Lord descended from above
  87. Ye nations all, on you I call
  88. Glory to God on high
  89. Hail the blest morn!
  90. Hark! hark! glad tidings charm our ears
  91. Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht! - Silent night! holy night!
  92. Arise, and hail the sacred day!
  93. Rejoice, ye tenants of the earth
  94. Rouse, rouse from your slumbers!
  95. Awake, and join the cheerful choir
  96. Sound, sound your instruments of joy! ( Seraphic Minstrels)
  97. THE LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY
  98. Hark! the herald angels sing
  99. Once, in royal David's city
  100. The Shepherds' Farewell to the Holy Family
  101. See, amid the winter's snow
  102. Angels, from the realms of glory
  103. Good King Wenceslas looked out
  104. What child is this
  105. Three Kings of Orient
  106. Away in a manger
  107. O little town of Bethlehem
  108. Drei Kon'ge wandern aus Morgenland - Three kings from Persian lands afar (Die Konige)
  109. It came upon the midnight clear
  110. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
  111. Ding-dong ding!
  112. Past three o'clock
  113. Blessed be that maid Marie
  114. Hail, blessed Virgin Mary!
  115. Ding! dong! merrily on high
  116. Lullay, my liking - I saw a maiden - Myn Lyking
  117. Love came down at Christmas
  118. In the bleak mid-winter
  119. Bethlehem Down
  120. Dormi, Jesu! - Sleep, sweet babe! (The Virgin's Cradle Hymn)
  121. Wither's Rocking Hymn
  122. Watts's Cradle Hymn
  123. A Boy was born in Bethlehem
  124. A Hymn to the Virgin
  125. Torches
  126. Make we joy now in this fest
  127. There is no rose of such virtue
  128. Adam lay ybounden
  129. The Fader of heven
  130. When Christ was born of Mary free
  131. PART TWO: TRADITIONAL CAROLS
  132. ENGLISH TRADITIONAL
  133. The Boar's Head Carol
  134. Come all you faithful Christians
  135. The holly and the ivy
  136. Now the holly bears a berry (The St Day Carol)
  137. The Cherry Tree Carol
  138. When righteous Joseph wedded was
  139. O Joseph, being an old man truly/Joseph, being an aged man truly
  140. The Seven Joys of Mary - The Seven Rejoices of Mary - The Blessings of Mary
  141. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
  142. The Twelve Days of Christmas
  143. In those twelve days
  144. The old yeare now away is fled
  145. Rejoice and be merry
  146. The first 'Nowell!' - 'Nowell and nowell!'
  147. All hayle to the dayes
  148. On Christmas Night all Christians sing (The Sussex Carol)
  149. Let all that are to mirth inclined
  150. The Lord at first did Adam make
  151. When God at first created man
  152. A virgin unspotted/A virgin most pure
  153. The angel Gabriel from God was sent
  154. God's dear Son, without beginning
  155. A Child this day is born
  156. Shepherds, arise!
  157. I saw three ships comes sailing in
  158. As I sat on a sunny bank
  159. LUCK-VISIT SONGS
  160. This is the truth sent from above
  161. God rest you merry, gentlemen
  162. Come all you worthy gentlemen
  163. We wish you a merry Christmas
  164. Christemas hath made an end/Well-a-day! (The Gooding Carol)
  165. Wassail! wassail all over the town! (The Gloucestershire Wassail)
  166. A wassail, a wassail throughout all this town!
  167. We've been a while a-wandering (The Yorkshire Wassail Song)
  168. Wassail, o wassail all over the town! (The Somerset Wassail)
  169. Here we come a-wassailing (Wassail Song)
  170. IRISH TRADITIONAL
  171. The darkest midnight in December
  172. Ye sons of men, with me Rejoice
  173. Good people all, this Christmastime
  174. Christmas Day is come!
  175. WELSH TRADITIONAL
  176. Oer y'wr gwr sy'n methu caru/Soon the hoar old year will leave us/Deck the hall with boughs of holly (Nos Galan)
  177. O deued pob Cristion/Come all Christians, singing
  178. Wel, dyma'r borau gorau i gyd
  179. AMERICAN TRADITIONAL
  180. O Mary and the baby, sweet lamb!
  181. Mary had a baby
  182. Go tell it on the mountain
  183. Rise up, shepherd, and follow!
  184. Lullay, thou tiny little child
  185. I wonder as I wander
  186. Sing we the Virgin Mary
  187. TRINIDADIAN TRADITIONAL
  188. The Virgin Mary had a baby boy
  189. GERMAN TRADITIONAL
  190. Es sungen drei Engel/'Te Deum laudamus!' three angels sang
  191. Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging/Blest Mary wanders through the thorn
  192. Kommet, ihr Hirten/Come, all ye shepherds
  193. Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe du/O sleep, thou heaven-born Treasure, thou
  194. Es kommt ein Schiff geladen/A ship there comes, a-laden/Uns kompt ein Schiff gefahren/There comes a ship a-sailing
  195. O du frohliche! O du selige!/O most wonderful! O most merciful!
  196. O Tannenbaum/O Christmas tree/O Dannebom
  197. CZECH TRADITIONAL
  198. Zezulka z lesa vylitla/Out of the forest a cuckoo flew
  199. Hajej, nynej, Jezisku/Jesu, Jesu, baby dear
  200. POLISH TRADITIONAL
  201. W zlobie lezy/Infant holy, Infant lowly
  202. PROVENCAL TRADITIONAL
  203. Guillo, pran ton tamborin!/Guillo, come, and Robin too
  204. De matin ai rescountra lou trin/Ce matin j'ai rencontree le train/Far away, what splendour comes this way? (Marcho di Rei)
  205. Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle!/Come with torches, Jeanette, Isabella!
  206. FRENCH TRADITIONAL
  207. Noel nouvelet!
  208. Dans cette etable/Cradled all lowly
  209. Entre le boeuf et l'ane gris/Oxen and asses stand around
  210. Quelle est cette odeur agreable/Shepherds, what fragrance, all-perfuming
  211. Quittez, pasteurs/O leave your sheep
  212. Il est ne, le divin Enfant!/Christ is born a Child on earth!
  213. Berger, secoue ton sommeil profond!/Shepherd, shake off your drowsy sleep!
  214. Les anges dans nos campagnes/Angels we have heard on high/Angels, we have heard your voices
  215. BASQUE TRADITIONAL
  216. Birjina gaztettobat zegoen/The angel Gabriel from heaven came
  217. Oi Betleem!/Sing lullaby! l Christmas
  218. SPANISH TRADITIONAL
  219. El desembre congelat/Cold December's winds were stilled
  220. Veinticinco de diciembre/Twenty-fifth day of December
  221. El Noi de la Mare/The Son of the Virgin
  222. NEOPOLITAN TRADITIONAL
  223. Quando nascette Ninno/When Christ, the Son of Mary
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