Carols for Choirs

General Information

A series of Carol collections published by the Oxford University Press between 1961 and 2005, comprising:

Carols for Choirs 1

Carols for Choirs 2

Carols for Choirs 3

Carols for Choirs 4

100 Carols For Choirs

World Carols for Choirs

The series concept was extended by the publication of more books in the ... for Choirs Collection

Anthems For Choirs

Advent for Choirs

Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs

Ash Wednesday to Easter for Choirs

Content

As the Carols for Choirs pages are re-formatted, their content will be added to this section, to form a single, sortable list.

Collection	Number	Title	Composer/Source	Editor	Seasonal use
CfC1	1	A great and mighty wonder	Old German	Michael Praetorius (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	2	Away in a manger	William Kirkpatrick	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	2	Away in a manger	Trad. Norman	Reginald Jacques (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	3	A boy was born	Benjamin Britten		Christmas
CfC1	4	As with gladness men of old	Conrad Kocher	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	5	And there were shepherds	Johann Sebastian Bach	David Willcocks (ed.)	Christmas
CfC1	6	A virgin most pure	Trad. English	Charles Wood (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	7	Angels, from the realms of glory	Old French	Reginald Jacques (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	8	A Christmas Carol	Trad. Hungarian	Zoltán Kodály (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	9	Blessed be that maid Mary	Trad English	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	10	Ding Dong! Merrily on high	Traditional	Charles Wood (harm.)	Christmas
CfC1	11	God rest you merry, gentlemen	Trad. English	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	12	Zither Carol	Trad. Czech	Malcolm Sargent (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	13	Good King Wenceslas	Piae Cantiones	Reginald Jacques (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	14	Hark! the herald angels sing	Felix Mendelssohn	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	15	In dulci jubilo	Robert Lucas Pearsall	Reginald Jacques (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	16	Infant holy, infant lowly	Polish	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	17	I saw three ships	Trad. English	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	17	I saw three ships	Reginald Jacques		Christmas
CfC1	18	It came upon the midnight clear	Traditional	Arthur Sullivan (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	19	A merry Christmas	Trad. English	Arthur Warrell (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	20	King Jesus hath a garden	Dutch	Charles Wood (harm.)	Christmas
CfC1	21	Rocking	Czech	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	22	Carol, with lullaby	Phyllis Tate		Christmas
CfC1	23	Coventry Carol	Traditional		Christmas
CfC1	23	Coventry Carol	Traditional	Martin Shaw (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	24	No sad thought his soul affright	Ralph Vaughan Williams		Christmas
CfC1	25	O little one sweet	Old German	Johann Sebastian Bach (harm.)	Christmas
CfC1	26	Adeste fideles	Traditional	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	26	O come, all ye faithful	Traditional	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	27	O little town of Bethlehem	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Thomas Armstrong (ed.)	Christmas
CfC1	28	O men from the fields	Arnold Cooke		Christmas
CfC1	29	Sussex Carol	Traditional	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	30	Once in royal David's city	Henry J. Gauntlett	Arthur Henry Mann (harm.)	Christmas
CfC1	31	Past three a clock	Traditional	Charles Wood (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	32	Rejoice and be merry	Trad. English	Reginald Jacques (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	33	See amid the winter's snow	John Goss	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	34	Lute-book lullaby	W. Ballet	Martin Shaw (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	35	The linden tree carol	Old German	Reginald Jacques (arr.)	Annunciation / Christmas / Epiphany
CfC1	36	The Blessed son of God	Ralph Vaughan Williams		Christmas
CfC1	37	The Boar's head carol	Trad English	Elizabeth Poston (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	38	The first nowell	Trad. English	David Willcocks (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	39	The Holly and the Ivy	Trad. English	Reginald Jacques (arr.)	Lent / Christmas / Epiphany
CfC1	40	The Three Kings	Peter Cornelius	Ivor Atkins (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	41	The Shepherd's farewell	Hector Berlioz		Christmas
CfC1	42	Torches	John Joubert		Christmas
CfC1	43	Unto us is born a son	David Willcocks		Christmas
CfC1	44	Up! good Christen folk, and listen	Piae Cantiones	George Ratcliffe Woodward (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	45	We've been a while a-wandering	Trad. Yorkshire	Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	46	Gloucestershire wassail	Traditional	Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr.)	Christmas
CfC1	47	What cheer?	William Walton		Christmas
CfC1	48	When Christ was born	Reginald Jacques		Christmas
CfC1	49	While shepherds watched their flocks by night	Traditional	Thomas Ravenscroft (ed.)	Christmas
CfC1	50	While the shepherds were watching	Cecil Armstrong Gibbs		Christmas