Drawn from the English wassail tradition that brought blessings to crops and flocks this Somerset melody is rousingly arranged for full chorus.

The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked Revised and Updated Second Ed.-From his writing of Godspell's score at age 23 through the making of the megahit musical Wicked and beyond Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked takes readers into the world of the legendary Broadway and film composer-lyricist. In this authorized biography drawing from her interviews with Schwartz and his collaborators author Carol de Giere focuses on the behind-the-scenes stories for Schwartz's hits and disappointing flops. Readers will find colorful anecdotes and insights for his licensed musicals Children of Eden Pippin Working and others. Defying Gravity also includes Hollywood stories beginning with a new foreword bycomposer Alan Menken. This updated and revised second edition delves into Stephen Schwartz's creative process for the new stage musicals The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Prince of Egypt and other shows. It provides additional insights on Schwartz's early work with Leonard Bernstein and his more recent international work on Wicked. It offers additional Creative Notes - a popular feature of the first edition - with comments from Schwartz about overcoming creative blocks collaboration and the artistic life.

Noel! is an exciting collection for mixed voice choirs, selected and edited by David Hill. The contents range from the Renaissance to the present: the polyphony of Victoria and Byrd, via Bach, familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages, and works by today's composers including Richard Rodney Bennett, Judith Bingham, John Tavener and Judith Weir. Mixed voice choirs of all levels will find here new arrangements of favourite carols as well as stimulating works for the Christmas season, from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. / Choeur SATB