Carols for Choirs 4: Fifty Carols for Sopranos and Altos (for Choirs Collections) (Bk.4)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (758 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0193535734 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Born in 1919, David Willcocks began his musical career as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, later winning scholarships to Clifton College and King's College, Cambridge. Sir David died in September 2015. His compositions embrace choral, orchestral, and instrumental music, and he has edited or co-edited various choral anthologies, including four Carols for Choirs volumes with Sir David Willcocks and the Oxford Choral Classics series. He now divides his time between composition and conducting and is sought after as a guest conductor for the world's leading choirs and orchestras. . He was Director of Music at the Royal College of Music from 1974-1984, and was knighted in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Honours List in 1977. Willcocks returned to King's College, Cambridge as Director of Music from 1957-1974, with the first collection of his arrangements in the Carols for Choirs se
His compositions embrace choral, orchestral, and instrumental music, and he has edited or co-edited various choral anthologies, including four Carols for Choirs volumes with Sir David Willcocks and the Oxford Choral Classics series. Sir David died in September 2015. He was Director of Music at the Royal College of Music from 1974-1984, and was knighted in the Queen's Silver
The masters do it again! Adelie I had the pleasure of participating in a workshop with David Willcocks, and received this book as part of it. It was first published in 1987, but Sir David had some amusing anecdotes to share about how he and John Rutter, another name to reckon with in choral music circles, put it together.This is what I like about it:* These gentlemen are giants in the English choral music scene, and personify the English choral tradition in everything they do. So it's a pleasure to find that they have included many carols from other countries, as well as the English ones. It's very hard to find non-English-language carols, so this is a nice l. Gold standard of choral Christmas arrangements Cembalista Every choir should own this book. The arrangements cover a wide range of levels, but include some of the most beloved descants and harmonizations of beloved Christmas carols (with a few Easter and other holidays sprinkled in as well). Every choir's soprano section should have the descants to O Come, All Ye Faithful and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing memorized (and the organist should have the harmonizations that accompany them memorized as well!).. Ngirilover said Lucked out! Most of your choir carols in it and David Willcocks pencil instructions. This carol book has terrific carols and some very unusual ones. They range from easy to hard so most choirs can benefit from them. It actually has an outline and readings from the Service of Lessons and Carols which could be very valuable for the music director and church leader.My particular used copy just happened to have notes in it from David Willcocks himself. Can you imagine!!! This was just too good to be believed. I love nothing more than this service of lessons and carols, so the best is here. There are also some Easter Carols --worth the price.
Most of the Christmas hymns are presented in two versions; for choirs only, unaccompanied, and for choir and audience/congregation, with accompaniment.Orchestral accompaniments for many of the carols are available on hire.. 50 carols for sopranos and altos (suitable for boys', girls', or women's choirs). It contains mostly simple arrangements of the best-loved carols, some less well-known ones, and four original pieces by Britten (2), Rutter, and Hadley