[Musicians] Christmas Carols
Todd Marsh via Musicians
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Sat Sep 20 17:13:31 PDT 2014
A few more:
*Gaudete, Christus est natus*
http://imslp.org/wiki/File:PMLP374501-Piae-gaud.pdf
*Salutation Carol*
http://www.twmarsh.net/music/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Salutation-Carol-with-words.pdf
*The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came*
http://www.christmas-carol-music.org/SATB/AngelGabriel.pdf
On 9/20/2014 6:52 PM, Todd Marsh via Musicians wrote:
> At LPT, the first thing everyone wanted to perform together was
> Christmas Carols for the Yule Revels. These are a few I have located
> so far. If you have a favorite that is not on this list, please post
> about it. Especially if you know where to find the music. Also, if you
> don't like one of these, or have found a better arrangement, let us know.
>
> Also, I've started posting my arrangements at
> http://www.twmarsh.net/music/
>
> Llywelyn
>
> *A Carol Bringing In the Boar's Heed*
> Lyrics by: Wynkyn de Worde. Unfortunately, only the last page of Jan
> van Wynken's "Christmas Carolles", printed in 1521, survives, but it
> includes portions of this carol, which appears in many different forms
> in later publications. This song is traditionally sung during the
> Christmas Feast at Oxford
>
> http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Christmas/boarshed.pdf
>
>
> *Lo How a Rose*
>
> Es Ist Ein Ros, 15th Century German carol, Translator Unknown; Arr. by
> Michael Praetorius, 1609
>
> http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Christmas/lo_how.pdf
>
> http://www.twmarsh.net/music/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Lo-How-a-Rose-duet.pdf
>
>
>
> *The Holly & the Ivy*
> This popular melody and text were recorded in Mowbray's Christmas
> Carols in 1861, but he claimed that it appeared in "an old broadside,
> printed a century and a half since" (roughly 1710). It is apparently
> much older even than that; the phrase "the merry organ" appears in
> Chaucer's "Nonne Preestes Tale", and holly and ivy are common motifs
> in pagan celebrations which predate the Christian influence in Europe.
>
> http://www.twmarsh.net/music/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Holly-and-the-Ivy-Duet.pdf
>
>
>
> *In Dulci Jubilo*
> Words: Nun singet und seid froh, attributed to Heinrich Suso (ca.
> 1295-1366). Folklore has it that Suso, hearing angels sing these
> words, joined them in a dance of worship. Translation from The Oxford
> Book of Carols, 1928; Music: "In Dulci Jubilo," 14th Century German melody
>
> http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Christmas/in_dulci.pdf
>
>
> *Covertry Carol, Luly, lulay*
> One of the most haunting of the carols written in the minor key,
> Coventry Carol was sung in the pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, a
> mystery play put on by local guilds in Coventry, in the 15th century.
> The most familiar text is that of Robert Croo (which we sing), written
> in 1534. The Coventry Plays are recorded as having been witnessed by
> Margaret, Queen of Henry VI, as early as 1456, by Richard III in 1484,
> and by Henry VII in 1492.
>
> http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Christmas/coventry.pdf
>
>
> *Tommorow Shall Be My Dancing Day*
> The New Oxford Book of Carols suggests that the song was originally
> part of a medieval Mystery Play. (It is also cited by some sources to
> be of the 19th century.) This carol appears in Christmas Carols
> Ancient and Modern by William Sandys in 1833, and in many broadsides
> of that period. However, most historians date the text from before the
> 17th century.
>
> http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Christmas/tomorrow.pdf
>
>
> *O Come, O Come Emmanuel*
> "Veni Emmanuel," 15th Century French Plain Song melody; Some sources
> give a Gregorian, 8th Century origin
>
> http://www.twmarsh.net/music/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Veni-veni.pdf
>
>
> *God Rest You Merry Gentlemen*
> This melody appears to spring from the Cornwall countryside in
> England, and the lyrics appear as early as 1770 in the Roxburgh
> Ballads, but it is apparent from references in earlier texts that the
> melody (of which there are actually two, though only one is familiar
> in America) dates from a considerably earlier period. It is commonly
> considered the "most popular" Christmas Carol in England.
>
> http://www.twmarsh.net/music/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/god-rest-you-merry-melody-and-bass.pdf
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