Christmas Carol Collection 2015
This year's selection includes traditional favourites and lesser-known Christmas carols in English and French. (Summary by Ruth Golding) Bergers, qui êtes ici bas , author unknown; music by Ezwa. A Christmas Lullaby , words by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893); music by BookAngel7. Go Tell it on the Mountain , words by John Wesley Work, Jr.(1873-1925); music African-American spiritual. Notre divin Maître , author unknown, music by Ezwa. Saw You Never, In the Twilight? words by Cecil F. Alexander (1818 - 1895); music Chartres, 15th century French melody. This Endris Night , 15th century English carol; author and composer unknown; music from the 1905 English Hymnal. Quittez, pasteurs , author unknown; music by Ezwa. Yule Returns , words by Rev. R. Watham; music by Vernon Bryan Crowther-Beynon (1866 - 1941). Christmas Carol No. 3 , words by Christina Rossetti; music by Susan Hawthorne. Cradle Hymn: Hush, My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber , words by Isaac Watts (1674-1748); music traditional Welsh, arranged by Robert Bryan (1858-1920). Bergers, allons voir dans l'étable , author unknown, music by Ezwa. What Child is This? , words by William Chatterton Dix (1837 - 1898); Music: Greensleeves 16th century English traditional, setting from The Sunday School Hymnal and Service Book , 1871. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel , words translated from the Latin by John Mason Neale (1818 - 1866); music 15th century French. A Christmas Carol: Dry Your Tears, Ye Silent Mourners , words by Lady Catherine Petre (1831 - 1882); music by Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795 - 1856). The Twelve Days of Christmas , words and music traditional altered and arranged by Frederic Austin (1872 - 1952). Noël sur la circoncision , author unknown, music by Ezwa. Unto Us Is Born a Son , author unknown, from the 15th century Latin; music arranged by Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943). In Dulci Jubilo , words 14th century German, translated by Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795 - 1856). I Sing the Birth Was Born Tonight , words by Ben Jonson (1573-1637); music by Dmitri S. Bortniansky (1751-1825). Deck the Hall , words traditional, possibly alt. Mrs. L. A. Bradbury; music Nos Galan, traditional Welsh melody, arranged by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924). Infant Holy, Infant Lowly , words from a traditional Polish carol translated by Edith M. Reed (1885-1933); music Polish carol W Zlobie Lezy, arranged by Edith M. Reed. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day , words and music traditional English, author and composer unknown. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day , words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882); music Waltham by John Baptiste Calkin (1827 – 1905). Silence Ciel, silence Terre , author unknown, music by Ezwa. Once in Royal David's City , words by Cecil F. Alexander (1818-1895) from Hymns for Little Children 1848; music Irby by Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1875). Christmas Carol (Nowell, Nowell) , traditional carol from about 1460, author and composer unknown. Words of a traditional wassail song added by William Chappell (1809 - 1888). Coventry Carol , words by Robert Croo from the 15th Century Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. (15th Century); music 15th century found by Thomas Sharp (1770-1841) and published in Dissertations in 1825. Dans le calme de la nuit , author unknown, music by Ezwa. Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning , words by Reginald Heber (1783-1826); music Morning Star by James Proctor Harding (1850-1911). O Come All Ye Faithful , words and music by John Francis Wade (1711–1786).