Everyone loves a Christmas carol - in the end, even Scrooge. They have the power to summon up a special kind of midwinter mood, like the aroma of mince pies and mulled wine and the twinkle of lights on a tree. It's a kind of magic.But how did they get that magic? In Christmas Carols Andrew Gant tells the story of some twenty carols, each accompanied by lyrics and music, unravelling a captivating - and often surprising - tale of great musicians and thinkers, saints and pagans, shepherd boys, choirboys, monks and drunks. We delve into the history of such favourites as 'Good King Wenceslas', 'Away in a Manger' and 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', discovering along the way how 'Hark, the Herald angels sing' came to replace 'Hark, how all the welkin ring' and how Ralph Vaughan Williams bolted the tune of an English folk song about a dead ox to a poem by a nineteenth-century American pilgrim to make 'O little town of Bethlehem'. Christmas Carols brims with anecdote, expert knowledge and Christmas spirit. It is a fittingly joyous account of one of our best-loved musical traditions.List of carols:The Angel GabrielO Come, O Come EmmanuelThe Boar's Head Carol O, Christmas Tree The Holly and the IvyI Saw Three ShipsO Little Town of BethlehemIn dulci jubilo O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)While Shepherds Watched The Fleecy CareDing dong! Merrily on High Angels from the Realms of GloryHark, the Herald Angels SingThe Christ-child's Lullaby Away in a MangerGood King WenceslasPersonent hodieHere We Come a-WassailingThe Twelve Days of ChristmasWe Three Kings What Child is This?
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Andrew Gant is a composer, choirmaster, church musician, university teacher and writer. He has directed many leading choirs including The Guards' Chapel, Worcester College Oxford, and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal. He lectures in Music at St Peter's College in Oxford, where he lives with his wife and their three children. His books for Profile are Christmas Carols andO Sing Unto the Lord.
Titel
Christmas Carols
Untertitel
From Village Green to Church Choir
Autor
EAN
9781782831099
ISBN
978-1-78283-109-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
06.11.2014
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
5.13 MB
Jahr
2014
Untertitel
Englisch
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