Christmas Motets

General information

The Oxford Choral Classics series gathers together over 300 of the world's choral masterpieces into a unique set of anthologies spanning the whole of Western choral literature. Each volume contains all the established classics of its genre under one cover, in authoritative new editions and at a price that gives fabulous value for money.

Gathered in this volume are some of the finest motets and related pieces for the season of Christmas. Christmas Motets provides a superb choice of pieces for all choirs looking for something new. John Rutter has prepared completely new editions of all the pre-twentieth-century works, going back to the earliest and most reliable manuscript or printed sources. There are new English singing translations, and playable keyboard reductions in every case. Some items from this volume are available separately as leaflets in the Oxford Choral Classics Octavo series.

Title: Christmas Motets

Series: Oxford Choral Classics

Editors / Compilers: John Rutter

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, England (webpage for purchase)

Price: £4.95

ISBN-10: 0-19-343704-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-343704-3

Voicing of works: SATB - accompanied & unaccompanied

Date of Publication: 26 August 1999

Contents

Tip: Titles in the left column which appear in blue are hyperlinks to the score page on CPDL - click on them for free editions.

	Title	Composer
1	Virga Jesse floruit	Bruckner
2	O magnum mysterium and Beata virgo	Byrd
3	Magnificat	Cui
4	Quem vidistis, pastores?	Dering
5	Riu, riu, chiu	Flecha
6	Omnes de Saba venient	Handl
7	Resonet in laudibus	Handl
8	Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden	Mendelsohn
9	Nesciens mater	Mouton
10	Hodie Christus natus est	Palestrina
11	O beatum et sacrosanctum diem	Philips
12	In dulci jubilo	H_Praetorius
13	Quem pastores laudavere	M_Praetorius
14	In dulci jubilo	Scheidt
15	Hodie Christus natus est	Sweelinck
16	O magnum mysterium	Victoria