Concert band - Grade 3
SKU:
MH.1-59913-050-5
Composed by traditional
English carols. Arranged
by William Ryden.
Suitable for advanced
middle school, high
school, community and
college bands. Conductor
score and set of parts.
Duration 6:30. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-050-5).
ISBN
9781599130507.
Char
les Dickens certainly
would have known the
three carols in A CHARLES
DICKENS CHRISTMAS. They
were among the best-known
and best-loved carols of
the Victorian Era, and
were a staple of the
repertoire of roving
waits, or carollers, that
appear in his novels.
Today this music is as
familiar as Santa Claus
and Tiny Tim. THE FIRST
NOWELL was first
collected in Christmas
Carols, Ancient and
Modern by William Sandys
in 1833. It is most
probably 200 years older
than that. The Oxford
Book of Carols contains
nine verses, which makes
it an ideal processional
for Christmas or Epiphany
(the feast commemorating
the coming of the Magi).
COVENTRY CAROL, or Lully,
Lullay, comes from the
medieval tradition of
mystery and miracle
plays. In 1534 the
Pageant of the Shearman
and Tailors Guild
included a scene in which
the mothers of Jewish
children sang this
haunting lullaby after
hearing the horrifying
order: Herod the king, In
his raging, All young
children to slay. The
music is anonymous; the
text believed to be by
Robert Croo. ANGELS WE
HAVE HEARD ON HIGH is
probably of French
origin, but the English
long ago adopted it as
their own. Besides the
French text, Les Anges
dans nos compagnes, it is
known in several versions
and by several titles,
including Angels from the
Realms of Glory, When the
Crimson Sun Had Set, and
Westminster Carol. It
belongs to a category
known as macaronic
carols, which mix
vernacular verses with
Latin refrains - in this
instance, Gloria in
Excelsis Deo (Glory be to
God on High). Ensemble
instrumentation: 1
Piccolo, 8 Flute, 2 Oboe,
1 Bassoon 1, 1 Bassoon 2,
4 Bb Clarinet 1, 4 Bb
Clarinet 2, 4 Bb Clarinet
3, 1 Eb Alto Clarinet, 3
Bb Bass Clarinet & Bb
Contrabass Clarinet, 2 Eb
Alto Saxophone 1, 2 Eb
Alto Saxophone 2, 1 Bb
Tenor Saxophone, 1 Eb
Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb
Trumpet 1, 3 Bb Trumpet
2, 3 Bb Trumpet 3, 2 F
Horn 1, 2 F Horn 2, 2
Trombone 1, 2 Trombone 2,
2 Trombone 3, 3 Euphonium
(Bass Clef), 2 Euphonium
(Treble Clef), 5 Tubas, 1
Timpani, 2 Bells &
Chimes, 3 Percussion 1:
small triangle, suspended
cymbal, crash cymbal,
snare drum, bass drum, 2
Percussion 2: large
triangle, finger
cymbals.
