Christmas Carols New and Old (Stainer, John)

Title Christmas Carols New and Old
Creators John Stainer, composer
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Instrumentation voices
voices and piano
voices and organ
mixed chorus
mixed chorus and piano
mixed chorus and organ
Number of movements 70
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First published 1871
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Composition types Carols
Language English
Period Romantic
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Sections

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Metronome Key Measures
God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen * — — —
No. 2 — — —
A Virgin Unspotted * — — —
No. 4 — — —
No. 5 — — —
The First Nowell * — — —
Stainer: Jesu, Hail! O God most holy * — — —
Good Christian Men, Rejoice (In dulci jubilo) * — — —
No. 9 — — —
Good King Wenceslas * — — —
No. 11 — — —
The Seven Joys of Mary (The first good joy that Mary had) * — — —
No. 13 — — —
What Child is This? (Greensleeves) * — — —
Tiddeman: Glorious, Beauteous, Golden-bright — — —
Hamerton: Waken! Christian Children — — —
A Child this Day is Born — — —
No. 18 — — —
No. 19 — — —
No. 20 — — —
A Carol for Christmas Eve (The Lord at first had Adam made) * — — —
Smart: Jesus in the Manger (Whymost highestart thou lying) — — —
The Holly and the Ivy * — — —
The Wait's Song (The Moon shines bright) * — — —
No. 25 — — —
The Incarnation (The great God of heaven) * — — —
Stainer: Christmas Day (Wake all music's magic powers) — — —
The Cherry Tree Carol (Joseph was an old man) * — — —
God's Dear Son — — —
Goss: Hymn for Christmas Day (See amid the winter's snow) — — —
The Babe of Bethlehem (The babe in Bethlem's manger laid) — — —
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No. 33 — — —
No. 34 — — —
Jacob's Ladder (As Jacob with travel was weary one day) * — — —
No. 36 — — —
The Wassail Song (Here we come a-wassailing) * — — —
No. 38 — — —
Dives and Lazarus (As it fell out upon a day) * — — —
No. 40 — — —
No. 41 — — —
No. 42 — — —
What Soul-Inspiring Music — — —
Hine: In the Country nigh to Bethlehem — — —
No. 45 — — —
Gadsby: Emmanuel, God with Us (Joy fills our inmost heart today) — — —
No. 47 — — —
A Babe is Born all of a maid — — —
Come Let Us all Sweet Carols Sing — — —
Calkin: Let Music Break on This Blest Morn — — —
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The Angel Gabriel from God was sent to Galilee — — —
No. 53 — — —
Noel! Noel! ('Tis the daythe blessed day) — — —
I Sing the Birth was Born Tonight — — —
No. 56 — — —
Prout: The Christmas Celebration (Now to God on high be glory) — — —
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The Holy Well (As it fell out one May morning) — — —
Thorne: The Angel and the Shepherds (Now rise upye shepherds) — — —
The Coventry Carol (Lullaythou little tiny child) — — —
Bridge: The Morning Star (See! the morning star is dwelling) — — —
Barnett: The Shepherds Went Their Hasty Way — — —
I Saw Three Ships — — —
Cummings: Mountains, Your Heads Bow Majestic — — —
Higgs: Luther's Carol (From highest heav'n I come to tell) — — —
Monk: The Boy's Dream (Last night as I was laid and slept) — — —
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The Black Decree (Let Christians all with one accord rejoice) — — —
For Christmas Day (Immortal babewho this dear day) — — —

Arrangements

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View Selections male chorus John Stainer
View The Coventry Carol (No.61) 2 horns, 2 flugelhorns, 2 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba Michel Rondeau

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete — Novello 1880 Complete Score
Hard Cover, Title Page & Introduction
View Complete — Novello — Complete Score
View Complete selections George Routledge and Sons — Complete Score (42 Carols)
View Complete Arrangement for male chorus
by John Stainer
; selections
Novello — Complete Score
View The Coventry Carol (No.61) Arrangement for 2 horns, 2 flugelhorns, 2 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba
by Michel Rondeau
Michel Rondeau 2019 Complete Score and Parts
Engraving files (Finale & XML)

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View Synthesized The Coventry Carol (No.61) For 2 Horns, 2 Flugelhorns, 2 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau) Synthesized Performance


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