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Lullabies for Christmas
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Lullabies for Christmas
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Sleep, Holy Babe is a unique choral collection of 17 works based on the theme of The Nativity. At its heart lie nine Christmas lullabies, as well as two carols and a motet depicting the story of Christ’s birth. These are framed by a pair of Advent antiphons and Magnificat settings, and an Epiphany carol.
This book includes:
- Five new pieces commissioned specially for this anthology and eight recently-composed works
- A variety of texts covering a range of themes including: the Lullaby, the Baby Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Star in the east, the Shepherds, the Magi, the Nativity scene, and King Herod
- New settings of well-known texts such as: The Coventry Carol, Lullay my Liking, and Sing Lullaby.
- Two ‘O’ antiphons (in four and six parts) by Pierre de Manchicourt (1510–1564) and two contemporary faux-bordon Magnificat settings (in four and eight parts)
- Two pieces for three-part upper voices (SSA), one unaccompanied, one with harp (or piano) accompaniment, and a three-part piece for lower voices (TTB)
- 14 unaccompanied pieces, and three accompanied pieces, scored for organ, piano, and harp (or piano)
- Piano reductions, included for unaccompanied titles, as an aid to rehearsal
Contents
- O Emanuel (a4), Pierre de Manchicourt
- Magnificat (a4), Trevor Ling
- O Virgo Virginum (a6), Pierre de Manchicourt
- Magnificat (a8), David Bevan
- The Virgin Mary Bore a Child, Emma Gibbins
- Sleep My Dreaming One, Hilary Campbell
- Lullaby, Gerald Finzi
- Sleep, Holy Babe, Alexander Campkin
- O Magnum Mysterium, Anthony Mudge
- Quid Petis, O Fili, Richard Pygott
- Lullay my Liking, Francis Pott
- Christmas Gifts, Alexander Campkin
- Sing Lullaby, Jonathan Rathbone
- O Babe Born Bare, John Duggan
- In Your Father’s Care, Catherine Kontz
- Coventry Carol, Daniel Burges
- Why Impious Herod, Andrew Earis
