Carols for Choirs 5: Fifty Christmas Carols (for Choirs Collections)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0193373564 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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* Rupert Gough, Choir & Organ November 2011 * . The series was born in 1961, and fifty years on the fifth volume has appeared. * Matthew Greenall, Classical Music, November 2011 * The number of choral directors who can remember Christmas before Carols for Choirs is dwindling fast. If you need any further persuasion, turn to the end and play Thomas Hewitt Jones's haunting setting of What child is this? The carol is alive and well. There are some snazzy descants, which may not displace the best of Willcocks but are nice alternatives to have, and striking new versions of carols one had imagined done to death, such as Andrew Simpsons engaging take on I saw three ships. While messrs Rutter and Willcocks are represented, nothing is reproduced from earlier volumes; CC5 repre
David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, since when he has pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM, where he became Editorial Director, and then at Oxford University Press, where he is now Head of Music Publishing. His experiences with that group, his passionate commitment to young and amateur choirs, and his profound belief that music can unite people, have inspired him both to compose full-time and, through proactive worksh
Featuring brand new carols and arrangements of classic tunes, the collection showcases the very best established and new names in choral composition today, both in the UK and world-wide.. Carols for Choirs 5 continues the tradition of its predecessors by providing a complete resource for choirs from Advent through to Epiphany. for SATB, accompanied and unaccompanied To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Carols for Choirs 1, OUP presents a new volume in this ground-breaking series