Hugh Keyte Andrew Parrott: European Carols before 1750: Mixed Choir: Vocal Score

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. Mostly SATB accompanied

for SATB accompanied and unaccompanied This short collection of carols from The New Oxford Book of Carols and The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols includes an introduction performance notes translations and brief commentaries. The edition is lightly edited and fully compatible with the parent collections.