Composition: Christmas Carols New and Old (Stainer, John)

Title Christmas Carols New and Old
Creators John Stainer (composer)
Opus
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

Title
click for details		 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) — — —
No. 32 — — —
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 — — —
No. 51 — — —
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) — — —
No. 58 — — —
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) — — —
No. 68 — — —
The Black Decree (Let Christians all with one accord rejoice) — — —
For Christmas Day (Immortal babewho this dear day) — — —

Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
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
view Complete — Novello 1880 Complete Score · view
Hard Cover, Title Page & Introduction · view
view Complete — Novello — Complete Score · view
view Complete selections George Routledge and Sons — Complete Score (42 Carols) · view
view Complete Arrangement for male chorus
by John Stainer
; selections		 Novello — Complete Score · view
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 · view
Engraving files (Finale & XML) · view

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionArranged forFiles
view Synthesized Synthesized The Coventry Carol (No.61) For 2 Horns, 2 Flugelhorns, 2 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau) Synthesized Performance · file
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