Vocal sets A to Z

Baroque Christmas classics

by Praetorius, Gesius, Walter, J.S. Bach, Eccard, Scheidt, Schutz
ed. by Judith Blezzard
Faber Music
SATB
German and Latin
40 vs

BLAKE, Howard

Walking in the air, and other seasonal songs
Faber Music
SA(B) & piano
25 vs
Contents:
Make believe
Winter games
Ring! ring!
We are the carol singers

BRITTEN, Benjamin

A Boy was born, op.3
Oxford University Press
Boys voices, SATB (divisi) & opt. organ
30 vs

A ceremony of carols, op.28
Boosey and Hawkes
SSA & harp or piano
52 vs & 1 harp part

A ceremony of carols, op.28
arr. by Julius Harrison
Boosey and Hawkes
SATB & harp or piano
40 vs

Christ's nativity: Christmas suite
Faber Music
SATB (divisi)
30 vs

The holly and the ivy
Boosey and Hawkes
SATB
20 vs

A hymn to the Virgin
Boosey and Hawkes
SATB+SATB
Latin and English
40 vs

King Herod and the cock
Boosey and Hawkes
Unison & piano
20 vs

Carols for choirs 1: fifty Christmas carols

ed. and arr. by Reginald Jacques and David Willcocks
OUP
mostly SATB
212 vs

Carols for choirs 2: fifty carols for Christmas and Advent

ed. and arr. by David Willcocks and John Rutter
OUP
SATB
260 vs

Carols for choirs 3: fifty carols

ed. and arr. by David Willcocks and John Rutter
OUP
SATB
135 vs;

Carols for choirs 4: fifty carols for sopranos and altos

ed. and arr. by David Willcocks and John Rutter.
OUP
SSA/SSAA
141vs

Carols of the Middle ages

ed. by H. Keyte & A. Parrott
OUP
Various scorings
Latin & English
40 vs
Contents:
Veni, Redemptor gencium / Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
Angelus ad Virginem
Verbum caro factum est
Verbum Patris umanatur
Qui creavit celum / He who made the earth so fair
Of the Father's heart begotten

CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine

Messe de minuit pour Noel, H9
ed. by H. Wiley Hitchcock
Concordia
SSATB soli, chorus & orchestra
Latin
79 vs
Instrumental set available

Messe de minuit pour Noel, H9
ed. by J-P. Montagnier
Schott
SSATB soli, chorus & orchestra
Latin
40 vs
Instrumental set available

A Christmas celebration: eleven carols from Georgian England

ed. by Peter Holman and Sally Drage
Faber Music
SATB & keyboard
40 vs

Christmas motets

ed. by J. Rutter
OUP
SATB with & without accomp.
Various languages & English
30 vs
Contents: Motets by
Bruckner, Byrd, Cui, Mendelssohn, Mouton, Palestrina, Scheidt, Sweelinck

A Christmas special

arr. by A. L'Estrange
Faber Music
SA men & piano
30 vs
Contents:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Jingle bells
O Christmas tree
Another Christmas

DAVIES, Peter Maxwell

Five carols
Boosey and Hawkes
SSA
English and Latin
18 vs

O magnum mysterium. Four carols
Schott
SATB; SA
English and Latin
40 vs
Instrumental set available

DOVE, Jonathan

The three kings: carol
Peters
SATB
30 vs

DOWNES, Andrew

Ballads for Christmas
Lynwood Music
SSA & harp or piano
25 vs

An Edwardian carol book

12 carols by Stanford, Parry, Elgar, Barnby & Dykes
ed. by J. Dibble
OUP
SATB
30 vs

English traditional carols

ed. by H. Keyte & A. Parrott
OUP
SATB
40 vs
Contents:
The boar's head carol
Now the holly bears a berry
The cherry tree carol
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Rejoice and be merry
A virgin unspotted
I saw three ships come sailing in

Follow that star: 9 Christmas songs in close harmony

arr. by Peter Gritton
J. and W. Chester
SATB
30 vs
Contents:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Winter wonderland
Follow that star
An olde rhyme
Santa Claus is coming to town
Mary's boy child
Just another star
The Christmas song
Deck the hall

GARDNER, John

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day: carol
OUP
SATB & piano
40 vs

Gospel Christmas

arr. by Daryl Runswick
Faber
SATB & piano
30 vs

HOLMAN, Derek

Christmas: a sequence of carols
Novello
SSA & piano
25 vs

HOLST, Gustav

Christmas day: choral fantasy on old carols
Novello
SATB & orchestra or organ
25 vs
Instrumental set available

Christmas song (Personent hodie)
J. Curwen
Unison
Latin and English
25 vs

JENKINS, Karl

A celebration of Christmas
Boosey & Hawkes
SATB & piano
30 vs

MARTLAND, Steve

3 carols
Schott
SATB
Latin & English
30 vs

MATHIAS, William

Ave Rex: a carol sequence
OUP
SATB & orchestra or organ
Latin and English
25 vs

MENOTTI, Gian-Carlo

Amahl and the night visitors
Schirmer
16 vs

A Merry little Christmas

compiled & ed. by J. Rubino
OUP
SATB accomp. & unaccomp.
30 vs
Contents:
Blue Christmas
A Christmas love song
Feliz Navidad
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
I'll be home for Christmas
It's the most wonderful time of the year
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
Santa Claus is coming to town
We need a little Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
What are you doing New Year's eve
Winter wonderland

Naxos book of carols

ed. & arr. by A. Pitts
Faber
SATB accomp. & unaccomp.
Latin & English
50 vs

The Novello book of carols

ed. by William Llewellyn
Novello
SATB (divisi)
65 vs

One hundred carols for choirs

ed. by David Willcocks and John Rutter
Oxford University Press
SATB & accomp.
74 carols from Carols for choirs, books 1 to 3 and 26 new carols
50 vs

POULENC, Francis

4 motets pour le temps de noel. no.1 O magnum mysterium
Salabert
SATB
Latin
40 vs

4 motets pour le temps de noel. no.2 Quem vidistis pastores dicite
Salabert
SATB
Latin
40 vs

4 motets pour le temps de noel. no.3 Videntes stellam
Salabert
SATB
Latin
40 vs

4 motets pour le temps de noel. no. 4 Hodie Christus natus est
Salabert
SATB
Latin
40 vs

PRAETORIOUS, Michael

In dulci jubilo
arr. by P. McCreesh
King's Music
SSSSAATBarB & renaissance instruments
1 fsc, 25 chsc
Instrumental set available

RESPIGHI, Ottorino

Laud to the nativity
ed. by Guido Zuccoli
Ricordi
SMT soli, chorus & orchestra
Italian and English
30 vs

SAINT-SAENS, Camille

Oratorio de noel, op.12
G. Schirmer
SSATBar soli, chorus, organ & strings
Latin and English
45 vs

SCHEIDT, Samuel

In dulci jubilo
ed. by Christhard Mahrenholtz
Barenreiter
SSAT, ATTB & 2 clarini
Latin
40 vs

SCHOENBERG, Arnold

Friede auf Erden, op.13
Schott
SATB (divisi) with or without orchestra
German and English
48 vs

SCHUTZ, Heinrich

Historia von der Geburt Jesu Christi SWV435
ed. by Friedrich Schoneich
Barenreiter
STB soli, chorus & orchestra
German
3 fsc, 40 chsc
Instrumental set available

SWEELINCK, Jan Pieterzoon

Hodie Christus natus est
ed. by W. Barclay Squire
Novello
SSATB
Latin
25 vs

TAVENER, John

God is with us: a Christmas proclamation
Chester
T or Bar solo, chorus & organ
25 vs

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph

Fantasia on Christmas carols
tainer and Bell
Bar solo, chorus & orchestra
58 vs
Instrumental set available

The first Nowell: a Nativity play
Oxford University Press
30 vs, 5 lib

Three choral hymns
Faber
SATB & organ
30 vs
Contents:
Easter hymn, Christmas hymn, Whitsunday hymn

WARLOCK, Peter

Three carols: Tyrley tyrlow, Balulow and The Sycamore tree
Oxford University Press
SATB
25 vs

WEIR, Judith

My guardian angel: carol
Chester
SATB
40 vs

World carols

for choirs
ed. B. Chilcott & S. Knight
OUP
30 vs
Various langs & English