Traditional: Sing We Now of Christmas: SSA: Vocal Score

A beautiful original melody is paired with the traditional “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” text and expertly combined with the familiar “Gloria” melody for a joyous Christmas celebration. Well-crafted andaccessible this SSA piece will be successful with treble groups from middle school through adult. Duration: ca. 2:45.

The classic holiday hit by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn is crafted into a lovely arrangement for mixed and women's voices. Optional moments of a cappella singing and simple yet elegant harmonies keep the traditional sound of this holiday favorite while adding freshness for your singers and audience.

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.

Composer's notes:The Fool is a time-honoured Orthodox religious figure: a Saint the highest of all who discards everything for Christ's sake. He discards all convention all decency all wealth actual and spiritual and turns himself into a figure of fun - defying all acceptable behaviour - and all religious decency. He stands in the square and lets down his trousers - he stuffs himself with food on Good Friday - he gets drunk - he 'appears'to fornicate wildly. There is a faint possibility (in not the highest of 'Fools') of gaining worldly popularity by such flagrant denial of all moral behaviour. Can such behaviour be too interesting? The true fool however embraces all of this and also (unseen) shrinks before the face of his God. By his behaviour he plucks out all hypocrisy false piety and corruption. He is a figure much needed in our times!!! The way I have tried to tacklethis extraordinary subject is to show him in seven stages from an obscene huge fat traditional clown who is drunk fornicating etc. through a stumbling frail agonized figure to a sallow-faced gaunt business man in a formalsuit staring at an empty glass. Having first revered him then mocked him the 'people' while they get drunk and jabber away at 'Christmas' and at the Feast of Feasts 'Easter' are no longer aware of him. But the audience seeshim - a tiny ragged scrap of mortality lying in a corner and faintly so faintly the voice of the Fool the true Fool for Christ's sake sings above the ribald crowd. 'He has given His life'. The Gogmagogs are the 'people' 'priests' 'singers' etc. and one male singer who can 'create' or 'uncreate' this vast role (singing and acting miming etc.) John Tavener Arranged for SSATBB chorus. Date of composition 2000. Chorus part only.

A superb collection of over 70 favourite Christmas carols and songs arranged for Piano, with lyrics and Guitar chord symbols, guaranteed to get you in the festive mood! Including popular songs such as A Spaceman Came Travelling and Happy Xmas (War Is Over), as well as traditional carols, such as Away In A Manger and Once In Royal David's City. / Célébrations / Partition /

Noel! is an exciting collection for mixed voice choirs, selected and edited by David Hill. The contents range from the Renaissance to the present: the polyphony of Victoria and Byrd, via Bach, familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages, and works by today's composers including Richard Rodney Bennett, Judith Bingham, John Tavener and Judith Weir. Mixed voice choirs of all levels will find here new arrangements of favourite carols as well as stimulating works for the Christmas season, from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. / Choeur SATB

Here's the traditional French carol like you've never heard it before! Set in a fast swing tempo with tasty jazz harmonies this arrangement is challenging but a showstopper for more advanced jazz and pop groups. Availableseparately: SATB SAB SSA ChoirTrax CD. Score and parts (tpt 1-2 asx tsx tbn 1-2 bsx pno jazz gtr ac bass dm) available as a CD-ROM and as a digital download. Duration: ca. 2:55.

The absolute classic of Christmas carols O Little Town Of Bethlehem with music by Thomas Adams is arranged here for SATB (Soprano/Alto/Tenor/Bass) Choir. With divine words by Bishop Phillips Brooks and uplifting music by the noted British organist Thomas Adams  this is the most traditional version of this favourite carol and is sure to be the highlight of any Christmas concert or other performance.  When your SATB Choir sings this carol the seasonal spirit will well and truly have arrived with its subtly inspirational melody and true Christmas message it's a staple of carolclassics and is a must-own for all choirs during the festive period.