Christmas Carols: Mixed Choir a Cappella: Vocal Score

Paperback-The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols is an anthology of items drawn from the massive New Oxford Book of Carols acclaimed as the ultimate source-book for carol-lovers and scholars. It contains a carefully chosen mixture of popular and unknown carols in straightforward settings that are designed for the widest possible use. Each piece in this book is accompanied by a short note on its historical importantance and performance. The perfect Christmas companion for choirs and carol-lovers.

The Oxford Book Of Christmas Carols has to be one of the most famous and complete of all carol collections. This book contains 197 carols. The majority are for the Christmas season but some are intended for Passiontide Easter or for other seasons of the year. All but 30 have traditional carol tunes mostly with traditional texts.

Chorbuch + CD / Choral Score with CD. Par HEMPFLING VOLKER. Christmas is celebrated throughout the world - sometimes at the end of December, sometimes at the beginning of January. And everywhere, singing Christmas carols is part of the celebrations. Some carols, such as Adeste fideles or Stille Nacht are sung throughout the world, but many countries have their own particular carols which reflect their own customs and traditions. These Christmas carols from all over the world feature in the latest instalment of the LIEDERPROJEKT which is published in autumn 2015. The new choral anthology Christmas carols of the world will enrich the Christmas repertoire for choirs, with lots of exciting choral arrangements of a selection of 85 international Christmas carols. It is edited by Volker Hempfling and contains arrangements by composers from 23 countries in their original languages, including John Rutter, John Høybye, Mark Sirett, Wolfram Buchenberg, Matti Hyökki and Fredo Jung. The settings for mixed choir a cappellare extremely varied, ranging from easy to difficult. Some have accompaniment for keyboard instrument. A CD with samples from the book sung by the Calmus Ensemble Leipzig and the Athesinus Consort Berlin is included to the director's score./ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte (SATB) et Piano

The Easiest Tune Book Of Christmas Carols is a splendid collection of twenty of the most popular and favourite Christmas carols in simple two-part harmony with fingering Guitar chords and lyrics.Eleanor Franklin Pike has compiled a fabulous collection of basic tunes with the easiest of arrangements suitable for young beginners. The left hand remains entirely in the five-finger position while the righthand plays the exact reproduction of the melodies transposed into the simplest keys. The Easiest Tune Book is perfect for young (or older) beginners of around grades 1 or 2 enabling them to easily play andlearn some of the most timeless carols of all time. Some of the best most enjoyable carols are included in this book such as God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen O Come All Ye Faithful and SilentNight all expertly arranged by Franklin Pike. As well as including lyrics and Guitar chords what's really handy is some helpful fingering suggestions which allow anyone to progress really quickly not just withthese songs but with Piano playing in general. The Easiest Tune Book Of Christmas Carols is an old book but the content remains as fresh useful and beautiful as ever. It'stestament to the brilliant arrangements of universally-loved tunes that this book still inspires and instils the Christmas spirit in beginning pianists so many years after its original publication.

Alan Bullard's A Light In The Stable tells the Christmas story through a blend of original settings and well-known carols and is suitable for both concert and church choirs. Scored for SATB with Organ or Piano accompaniment this piece can also be performed with a small Orchestra or Chamber group and there are parts for optional Vocal solos. The familiar Gospel words (which may be spoken sung or replaced with other appropriate readings) are interspersed with a range of new material including the lively Glory to God; Sing Lullaby in which Mary foreshadows the events of Jesus' life; and the reflective A Light forToday an evocation of the Nativity tableau. The audience/congregation are encouraged to join in for some carols and choir and listeners will delight in the new settings of familiar words. A wonderful companion to Bullard's Advent celebration O Come Emmanuel this work is perfect for anyone looking for a new take on familiar Christmas words and melodies.

The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options clearly explained throughout enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With carols for Advent Christmas New Year and Epiphany and a fabulous range accessible quality material this is a must-have collection for all choirs at Christmas.

First published in Carols for Choirs 1 in 1961 and then reprinted in 100 Carols for Choirs David Willcocks' much-loved arrangement of O come all ye faithful (Adeste fideles) has come to epitomize Christmas being sung countless times each year around the world. Using the harmonies from The English Hymnal for verses 1-5 it features his unsurpassed descant to verse 6 ('Sing choirs of angels') and a reharmonized verse 7 which builds to a stirring climax.

4 Christmas Carols arranged for Mixed Choir SATB and Instr. ad lib. by Anders Öhrwall.