General Information
A series of Carol collections published by the Oxford University Press between 1961 and 2005, comprising:
About half were later reissued as:
The series concept was extended by the publication of more books in the ... for Choirs Collection
Content
As the Carols for Choirs pages are re-formatted, their content will be added to this section, to form a single, sortable list.
The listing for CfC2 should be treated with caution at the moment, as it is incomplete work-in-progress, placed here to demonstrate the working of the merged sortable table.
Peter Gibson 06:55, 7 May 2012 (CDT)
4vol. CfC
100 CfC
Title
Composer/Source
Editor
Seasonal use
1. 1
3
A great and mighty wonder
Old German
Michael Praetorius (arr.)
Christmas
1. 2
13
Away in a manger
William Kirkpatrick
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1. 2b
Away in a manger
Trad. Norman
Reginald Jacques (arr.)
Christmas
1. 3
A boy was born
Benjamin Britten
Christmas
1. 4
11
As with gladness men of old
Conrad Kocher
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1. 5
And there were shepherds
Johann Sebastian Bach
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
1. 6
6
A virgin most pure
Trad. English
Charles Wood (arr.)
Christmas
1. 7
Angels, from the realms of glory
Old French
Reginald Jacques (arr.)
Christmas
1.8
A Christmas Carol
Trad. Hungarian
Zoltán Kodály (arr.)
Christmas
1. 9
Blessed be that maid Mary
Trad English
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.10
18b
Ding Dong! Merrily on high
Traditional
Charles Wood (harm.)
Christmas
1.11
19
God rest you merry, gentlemen
Trad. English
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.12
Zither Carol
Trad. Czech
Malcolm Sargent (arr.)
Christmas
1.13
22
Good King Wenceslas
Piae Cantiones
Reginald Jacques (arr.)
Christmas
1.14
23
Hark! the herald angels sing
Felix Mendelssohn
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.15
42
In dulci jubilo
Robert Lucas Pearsall
Reginald Jacques (arr.)
Christmas
1.16
43
Infant holy, infant lowly
Polish
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.17
35
I saw three ships
Trad. English
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.17
I saw three ships
Reginald Jacques
Christmas
1.18
It came upon the midnight clear
Traditional
Arthur Sullivan (arr.)
Christmas
1.19
37
A merry Christmas
Trad. English
Arthur Warrell (arr.)
Christmas
1.20
48
King Jesus hath a garden
Dutch
Charles Wood (harm.)
Christmas
1.21
Rocking
Czech
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.22
Carol, with lullaby
Phyllis Tate
Christmas
1.23
51a?
Coventry Carol
Traditional
Christmas
1.23b
51b
Coventry Carol
Traditional
Martin Shaw (arr.)
Christmas
1.24
No sad thought his soul affright
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Christmas
1.25
56
O little one sweet
Old German
Johann Sebastian Bach (harm.)
Christmas
1.26
54?
Adeste fideles
Traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.26b
54
O come, all ye faithful
Traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.27
O little town of Bethlehem
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Thomas Armstrong (ed.)
Christmas
1.28
O men from the fields
Arnold Cooke
Christmas
1.29
59
Sussex Carol
Traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.30
61
Once in royal David's city
Henry J. Gauntlett
Arthur Henry Mann (harm.)
Christmas
1.31
65
Past three a clock
Traditional
Charles Wood (arr.)
Christmas
1.32
Rejoice and be merry
Trad. English
Reginald Jacques (arr.)
Christmas
1.33
70
See amid the winter's snow
John Goss
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.34
77
Lute-book lullaby
W. Ballet
Martin Shaw (arr.)
Christmas
1.35
The linden tree carol
Old German
Reginald Jacques (arr.)
Annunciation / Christmas / Epiphany
1.36
The Blessed son of God
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Christmas
1.37
The Boar's head carol
Trad English
Elizabeth Poston (arr.)
Christmas
1.38
81
The first nowell
Trad. English
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
1.39
The Holly and the Ivy
Trad. English
Reginald Jacques (arr.)
Lent / Christmas / Epiphany
1.40
90
The Three Kings
Peter Cornelius
Ivor Atkins (arr.)
Christmas
1.41
'89
The Shepherd's farewell
Hector Berlioz
Christmas
1.42
Torches
John Joubert
Christmas
1.43
92?
Unto us is born a son
Piae Cantiones
David Willcocks
Christmas
1.44
93
Up! good Christen folk, and listen
Piae Cantiones
George Ratcliffe Woodward (arr.)
Christmas
1.45
We've been a while a-wandering
Trad. Yorkshire
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr.)
Christmas
1.46
94?
Gloucestershire wassail
Traditional
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr.)
Christmas
1.47
96
What cheer?
William Walton
Christmas
1.48
97
When Christ was born
Reginald Jacques
Christmas
1.49
99??
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Traditional
Thomas Ravenscroft (ed.)
Christmas
1.50
While the shepherds were watching
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
Christmas
2. 1
A babe is born I wys
Frederick Bainton
Christmas
2. 2
2
A child is born in Bethlehem
Samuel Scheidt
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
2. 3
Adam lay ybounden
Boris Ord
Christmas
2. 4
10
All my heart this night rejoices
Johann Georg Ebeling
Christmas
2. 5
All this time
William Walton
Christmas
2. 6
14
Nativity carol
John Rutter
Christmas
2. 7
16
Deck the hall
Traditional (Welsh)
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2. 8
18a?
Ding Dong! Merrily on high
Traditional (French)
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2. 9
Down in yon forest
Traditional (English)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
2.10
20
Shepherd's pipe carol
John Rutter
Christmas
2.11
28
Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary
Traditional (Italian)
Charles Wood (arr.)
Christmas
2.12
26
Here we come a-wassailing
Traditional (English)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
2.13
25
A new year carol
Benjamin Britten
Christmas
2.14
How far is it to Bethlehem?
Traditional (English)
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.15
Matin responsory
"Adapted from a Magnificat by Palestrina"
Advent
2.16
Come, thou redeemer of the earth
Traditional (German)
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.17
Il est né le divin enfant
Traditional (French)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
2.18
30
I saw a maiden
Anonymous (Basque Noel)
Edgar Pettman (arr.)
Christmas
2.19
34
Myn lyking
Richard R. Terry
Christmas
2.20
I sing of a maiden
Patrick Hadley
Christmas
2.21
44
It came upon the midnight clear
Arthur Sullivan
David Willcocks (desc.)
Christmas
2.22
46
The cherry tree carol
Traditional (English)
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.23
Masters in this hall
Traditional (French)
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.24
Noël nouvelet
Traditional (French)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
2.25
53
Sans Day Carol
Traditional (Cornish)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
2.26
52
Sir Christèmas
William Mathias
Christmas
2.27
55
O come, O come Emmanuel
Traditional (15th century French Processional)
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.28
The shepherds' cradle song
Karl Leuner
Charles Macpherson (arr.)
Christmas
2.29
58
Of the Father's heart begotten
From Piae Cantiones
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.30
60
The twelve days of Christmas
Traditional (English)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
2.31
61?
Once in Royal David's city
Henry J. Gauntlett,£A. H. Mann
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.31
63
Out of your sleep
Richard Rodney Bennett
Christmas
2.33
65
Past three a clock
Traditional (English)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
2.34
64a
Personent Hodie
German, 1360
Gustav Holst (arr.)
Christmas
2.35
66
Quelle est cette odeur agréable
Traditional (French)
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.36
67
Quem pastores laudavere
Traditional (14th century German)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
2.37
Quittez, Pasteurs
Traditional (French)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
2.38
Resonemus laudibus
Traditional (14th century)
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.39
The angels and the shepherds
Traditional (Bohemian)
C. H. Trevor (arr.)
Christmas
2.40
75
Stille Nacht
Franz Xaver Gruber
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.41
74
The infant king
Basque Noel
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.42
84
There is no rose
15th century English
John Stevens (ed.)
Christmas
2.43
79
Gabriel's message
Basque Noel
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.44
82
The holly and the ivy
English traditional
Walford Davies (arr.)
Christmas
2.45
The Lord at first did Adam make
English traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.46
87
The truth from above
English traditional
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr.)
Christmas
2.47
91
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
English traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.48
99
While shepherds watched their flocks
from Este's Psalter
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
2.49
Patapan
Burgundian
Reginald Jacques (arr.)
Christmas
2.50
'
Zion hears the watchmen's voices
Johann Sebastian Bach
John Rutter (ed.)
Christmas
2.Apx1
Hark! The herald angels sing
Adapted from Felix Mendelssohn by W. H. Cummings
Christmas
2.Apx2
O come, all ye faithful
John Francis Wade
Christmas
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An Advent Carol Service (order of service)
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