While shepherds watched their flocks by night. Come, love we God! Swete was the song the Virgine soong. As I out rode this enderes night (The Coventry shepherds' carol).

Lully, lulla, thro littel tyne chile (The Coventry carol). Nowell : The borys hede (The Exeter boar's head carol). What tydynges bryngest thou, messangere? Nowel : Owt of your slepe aryse. Nova! Nova! Nowell : Tydynges trew ther be cum new. Lullay, lullow : I saw a swete semly syght. Omnis mundus inucundeturД®nglish carols 1400-1700 : Lullay, lullay : Als I lay on Yoolis Night. Puer nobis nascitur = Unto us is born a son.

Personent hodie = On this day earth shall ring. Corde natus ex parentis = Of the Father's heart begotten. Dies est est laeticiae = Earth with joy this day doth ring. Veni, veni, Emanuel = O come, O come, Emmanuel! Qui creavit celum = He who made the earth so fair (Song of the Nuns of Chester). Verbum caro factum est : In hoc anni circulo. Verbum caro factum est : Dies est leticie. Procedenti Puero : Eya! novus annus est = Verbum caro factum est : Ey! novus annus est. Angelus ad Virginem = Gabriel, fram Heven-King. A solis ortus cardine = From lands that see the sun arise. Christie, redemptor omnium = O Christ, the Father's only son. Veni, redemptor gencium = Come, thou redeemer of the earth. Includes bibliographical references (pages 684-693) and indexesД¬omposed carols : Verbum supernum, prodiens = High word of God, eternal light. The wealth of information it contains will make it essential for musicologists and other scholars, while the beauty of the carols themselves will enchant general readers and amateur songsters alikeД®ach carol followed by an English translation printed as text, historical notes, and performance notes Reflecting significant developments in musicology over the past sixty years, it embodies a radical reappraisal of the repertory and a fresh approach to it. This volume is not intended to replace this classic but to supplement it. The Oxford Book of Carols, published in 1928, is still one of Oxford's best-loved books among scholars, church choristers, and the vast number of people who enjoy singing carols. The introduction to the volume offers a general history of carols and caroling, and appendices provide scholarly essays on such topics as fifteenth-century pronunciation, English country and United States primitive traditions, and the revival of the English folk carol. Accompanying each song are detailed scholarly notes on the history of the carol and on performance of the setting presented.

Each carol is set in four-part harmony, with lyrics in both the original language and English. Containing music and text of 201 carols, many in more than one setting, the book is organized in two sections: composed carols, ranging from medieval Gregorian chants to modern compositions, and folk carols, including not only traditional Anglo-American songs but Irish, Welsh, German, Czech, Polish, French, Basque, Catalan, Sicilian, and West Indian songs as well.

Edited by early music experts Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott, this anthology of Christmas carols is the most comprehensive collection ever made, spanning seven centuries of caroling in Britain, continental Europe, and North America.

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