Morton Gould: Serenade of Carols in 4 Movements: Orchestra: Score

Morton Gould's Serenade Of Carols for SATB choir with SATB soloists and Orchestra. Reduction for Piano 4 hands.Contents:I. We Three Kings The Babe Of Bethlehem Rocking Greensleeves(3:00)II. Boar's Head Carol Patapan Carol of Service (3:00)III. Come Love We God! Coventry Carol The Holly And The Ivy (4:00)IV. Irish Carol God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Wassail Song My Dancing Day(3:30)Born in Richmond Hill New York on 10 December 1913 Morton Gould was recognised early on as a child prodigy with the ability to improvise and compose. At the age of six he had his first compositionpublished. He studied at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School) but his most important teachers were Abby Whiteside (Piano) and Vincent Jones (composition).Gould enjoyed an illustrious career. Inaddition to gaining a Pulitzer Prize for 'Stringmusic' he was Musical America's 1994 Composer-of-the-Year and recieved a Kennedy Center Honor in recognition of lifetime contributions to American culture.A long-time memberof the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers Gould was elected president of ASCAP in 1986 a post he held until 1994. In 1986 he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Healso served on the board of the American Symphony Orchestra League and on the National Endowment for the Arts music panel.