Carols for Choirs 2: Fifty Carols for Christmas and Advent (Vocal score)

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a b c Bannister, Matthew (21 December 2014). "Christopher Morris Obituary". Last Word. 25 minutes in. BBC. BBC Radio 4 . Retrieved 4 October 2016. John Rutter studied music at Clare College, Cambridge and first came to notice as a composer and arranger of Christmas carols and other choral pieces during those early years; today his compositions, including such concert-length works as Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, The Gift of Life, and Visions are performed around the world. Sometimes before unaccompanied pieces, or pieces starting with no piano intro, to strike the rhythm for the singer, two

Archer, Malcolm; Cleobury, Stephen, eds. (6 April 2000). Advent for Choirs. Oxford: OUP. ISBN 978-0-19-353025-6. Scott, John; Dakers, Lionel, eds. (1998). Ash Wednesday to Easter for Choirs. London: OUP. ISBN 9780193531116.By the late 1950s, OUP was beginning to consider a revision to OBCto include the by-now enormously popular Christmas hymns, which of course were included in almost every hymn book going (including OUP’s own English Hymnaland Songs of Praise). It was found, however, that the original contracts with the OBCeditors prevented any form of later revision. Christopher Morris, the music editor for OUP in 1960 (who later became Head of Music), decided that OBCwas “miles out of date” and that, because he was unable to revise it, a new carol book that was modern, practical, and inexpensive, giving the same accessibility to material but under one cover, was required. the left, your part should be almost inaudible (for confident singers, who probably don't need this help anyway!) a b "…for Choirs Collections". Choral Series. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016 . Retrieved 5 October 2016. A second collection of 50 carols, mostly for SATB, some unaccompanied, and some having accompaniments for piano, or organ, or orchestra, or brass ensemble. Many of the carols are from traditional sources, rearranged: among the items composed especially for this volume are carols by William Walton, Benjamin Britten, Richard Rodney Bennett, and William Mathias. own sound card and sound system on your computer. The accompaniment is spread evenly across both channels, but the

Source: OUP Archive, Carols for Choirs Book 1 editorial files. Reproduced by kind permission of the Secretary to the Delegates of Oxford University Press We've been awhile-a-wandering - Use 1st parts if you are singing in unison. Use 2nd parts if the accompaniment is to be sung or hummed. a b Beeson, Trevor (2009). "17. The Oxbridge Choirs". In Tuneful Accord: the church musicians. London: SCM. p.141. ISBN 9780334041931. The books in the Carols For Choirs collection came to be regarded as standard choral texts throughout the English-speaking world and were highly influential; according to the composer John Rutter, they "changed the whole sound of Christmas for everybody who sings". [2] [5]

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On 29 December 2021, it was announced that a new volume, Carols for Choirs 6, would be published in the summer of 2023. A poll was released to suggest the colour of the new book, the most popular colour being purple. [6] The volume was released on 13 July 2023, featuring fifty carols (both originals and arrangements). extra bars are inserted at the beginning. The first bar contains the initial note of the part on each beat of the Archer, Malcolm; Scott, John, eds. (2004). Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs: Anthems for the Church's Seasons. Oxford: OUP. ISBN 978-0-19-353026-3.