The New Oxford Book of Carols
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Editor: Hugh KeyteEditor: Andrew Parrott
Editor: Clifford Bartlett
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-09-24
ISBN: 0193533227
Number of pages: 702
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: 201 reasons to say: "Yes!"
Summary: 5 Stars
Just a few words to say that this book is a valuable addition to a collection. It's a musician "must have"! 201 songs from 13 different areas of the world with english translations. 123 are composed and the rest are traditionals. All carols are presented with a historical text. Very good!
Summary of The New Oxford Book of Carols
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. 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. Each carol is set in four-part harmony, with lyrics in both the original language and English. Accompanying each song are detailed scholarly notes on the history of the carol and on performance of the setting presented. 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. 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. This volume is not intended to replace this classic but to supplement it. Reflecting significant developments in musicology over the past sixty years, it embodies a radical reappraisal of the repertory and a fresh approach to it. 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 alike.Sheet Music & Scores Books
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