Carols for Choirs 3 (. . . for Choirs Collections)

Rutter, John

ISBN 10: 019353570X / ISBN 13: 9780193535701

Published by Oxford University Press Music, 1978

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Seller Inventory # 019353570X-3-33698909

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Carols for Choirs 3 (. . . for Choirs Collections)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Music
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019353570X
• ISBN 13: 9780193535701
• Binding: sheet_music
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

A third collection of 50 carols, mostly for SATB, some unaccompanied, and some having accompaniments for piano, organ, or orchestra. The carols reflect a diversity of styles and periods, while remaining within the capacity of an average group of amateur performers. Includes compositions and arrangements by Britten, Holst, Howells, Hurford, Vaughan Williams, and Walton.
Orchestral and brass accompaniments for many of the items are available on hire.

About the Author

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. John edits the Oxford Choral Classics series, and, with Sir David Willcocks, co-edited four volumes of Carols for Choirs. In 1983 he formed his own choir The Cambridge Singers, with whom he has made numerous recordings on the Collegium Records label, and he appears regularly in several countries as a guest conductor and choral ambassador. John holds a Lambeth Doctorate in Music, and in 2007 was awarded a CBE for services to music. In September 2023, he received the Ivors Academy Fellowship, and in 2024 he was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours.