John Jacob Niles: Jesus Jesus Rest Your Head: Low Voice: Vocal Album

SSA a cappella with soprano Solo English Version-This arrangement of the Appalachian Carol by John Jacob Niles and Gwynn S. Bement was comissioned for the Elmira College Glee Club and is for a Soprano soloist and Upper Voices (SSA). A piano reduction is included for rehearsal only.

This collection includes new arrangements for voice and piano of six songs originally published in Ten Christmas Carols from the Southern Appalachian Mountains collected by John Jacob Niles as well as familiar classicscomposed by Niles. The recorded performances will help all become familiar with these new settings. All selections are appropriate for student singers as well as more experienced singers for use in Christmas services. Contents:The Carol of the Birds ? The Cherry Tree ? Down in yon forest ? The Flower of Jesse ? I wonder as I wander ? Jesus Jesus rest your head ? Jesus the Christ is born ? Lulle Lullay ? SeeJesus the Saviour ? The Seven Joys of Mary ? Sweet little boy Jesus ? What Songs Were Sung.

John Jacob Niles well-known as a folklorist and traditional music performer composed this tender setting now arranged for mixed and treble choirs. Available for SATB SAB and SA. Performance Time: Approx. 4:30.

John Jacob Niles well-known as a folklorist and traditional music performer composed this tender setting now arranged for mixed and treble choirs. Available for SATB SAB and SA. Performance Time: Approx. 4:30.

Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present.For over fifty years he has sung edited and composed carols each Christmas and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstanding and original new collection. As John Rutter observes in his Foreword the book does not pointlessly duplicate what can be found in many other carol books but has a personality and purpose of its own.Twenty-two fresh and practical arrangements include carols from Austria France Germany Mexico Poland and the USA alongside music both rare and familiar from the rich heritage of the English carol tradition. As well as eight of his personal favourites from J. S. Bach to Charles Ives the author includes seven new compositions of his own settings of medieval and traditional texts that reveal his skill as a choral composer whose command of style ranges from the humorous to the profound.In addition to sample programmes and translations there are invaluable notes on the performance and history of individual items plus an historical summary of the genre as a whole: everything in fact to make Christmas is Coming an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich the seasonal repertoire for concerts churches and traditional Yuletide carolling.