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"The Friendly Beasts" is a traditional Christmas song about the gifts that a donkey, cow, sheep, camel, and dove give to Jesus at the Nativity. The song seems to have originated in 12th-century France, set to the melody of the Latin song "Orientis Partibus". [1]
This list of Christmas carols is organized by language of origin. Originally, a "Christmas carol" referred to a piece of vocal music in carol form whose lyrics centre on the theme of Christmas or the Christmas season. The difference between a Christmas carol and a Christmas popular song can often be unclear as they are both sung by groups of ...
The Oxford Book of Carols is a collection of vocal scores of Christmas carols and carols of other seasons. It was first published in 1928 by Oxford University Press and was edited by Percy Dearmer, Martin Shaw and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Piae Cantiones (Devout Songs), arranged by G.R. Woodward: In the first service in 1918, this was the invitatory carol followed by "Once in Royal David's City" Verbum Caro Factum Est [2] (The Word was Made Flesh) [Unknown] John 1:14 Hassler, Leo: Wassail Carol (Wassail sing we in worship of Christ's Nativity) 1967 [Unknown] Mathias, William
Madonna and Child in a 14th century wall painting, Oxfordshire. "Lullay, mine liking" is a Middle English lyric poem or carol of the 15th century which frames a narrative describing an encounter of the Nativity with a song sung by the Virgin Mary to the infant Christ. [1]
A macaronic Nativity song 17 A new work is come on hand Alleluya Carol of the Nativity 18 The holy ghost is to thee sent Hayl mary ful of grace / Moder in virginite Annunciation carol 19 Hail blessed Lady which has born / God Son Marian hymn 20 This is the song that ye shall hear An heuenly songe y dare wel say / Is sunge in erthe to man this day
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Carols for Choirs was an instant success and became OUP Music Department's best-selling title, with over a million copies being sold. [2] OUP were keen to commission a second volume, but after the death of Jacques in 1969, a new editor had to be found to support Willcocks, and an undergraduate at Cambridge University , John Rutter , was recruited.