Oxford University Press

Edited/Arranged: David Willcocks, John Rutter
Format: Book
Voicing: SSAA Vocal Score

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.

Contents:

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