A Light in the Stable tells the Christmas story through a blend of original settings and well-known carols, and is suitable for both concert and church choirs. The familiar Gospel words (which may be spoken, sung, or replaced with other appropriate readings) are interspersed with a range of new material, including the lively 'Glory to God'; 'Sing Lullaby', in which Mary foreshadows the events of Jesus' life; and the reflective 'A Light for Today', an evocation of the Nativity tableau. The audience/congregation are encouraged to join in for some carols, and choir and listeners will delight in the new settings of familiar words. A range of soloists may optionally take some of the vocal lines, and the accompaniment is equally flexible. A wonderful companion to Bullard's Advent celebration, O Come, Emmanuel, this work is perfect for anyone looking for a new take on familiar Christmas words and melodies.

Songlist: Prologue: Of our Maker's love begotten, As Joseph was a-walking, The Shepherds, Go, Tell it on the Mountain, While shepherds watched, The Angel, Glory to God in the highest, Hark! The herald angels sing, The Manger, The little Lord Jesus, The shepherds visit the stable, He is born, Mary ponders these things in her heart, Sing lullaby, The wise me, As with gladness men of old, The wise men offer their gifts, A Light for Today, Of our Maker's love begotten<

The volumes of this expanding series are devoted to a wide range of sacred renaissance motets with Latin texts, and contain a mixture of well known and unfamiliar pieces, some of which are published for the first time.

Songlist: O Magnum Mysterium, Magi Veniut Ab Oriente, Verbum Caro Factum Est, Rorate Caelli, Dixit Maria, Ecce Virgo Concipies, Hodie Christus Natus Est, Dies Sanctificatus, Omnis Mundus Jocundetur, Prope Est Dominus, Ave Gratia Plena, Ne Timeas Maria

Merrily On High is an exciting compilation of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany music for church, cathedral, school, youth and community choirs of 'upper voices' - trebles or sopranos and altos. Thirty pieces are included, eleven published for the first time. Contents include new settings and arrangements of familiar and lesser known carols, a 3-part Advent Responsory and Mark Blatchly's setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat. Lyrics are in English, French, German, Latin and Polish. Includes invaluable historical and performance notes for each piece by Barry Rose.

Songlist: Adam Lay Ybounden, An Advent Responsory: I Look From Afar, Come, Thou Redeemer of Earth, Brightest and Best, A Child Is Born, Come, Watch With Us This Christmas Night, Down In Yon Forest, Fum, Fum, Fum, Gabriel's Message, Go, Tell It On The Mountain, When Christ Was Born of Mary Free, The Holly and the Ivy, How Far is it to Bethlehem?, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Myn Lynking, No Room at the Inn, Now the Most High Is Born, O This Night is Born Noel, People, Look East, Two Polish Carols, Rejoice and be Merry, The Shepherd's Farewell, Say, Where is He Born?, Silent Night, Still, Still, Still, Sweet Was The Song, Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day, Torches!, Watts's Cradle Hymn, Whence is that Goodly Fragrance Flowing?

A perfect example of the young Britten's masterful vocal writing in a Christmas choral suite destined to become a major repertoire work.

Songlist: Christ's Nativity, Sweet was the Song, Preparations, New Price, New Pomp and Carol of King Cnut.

Brimming with festive carols and lightly seasoned with beautiful new Christmas songs, this 35-minute carol cantata captures the many colors of Christmas. From the hushed opening to the exuberant conclusion, Nativity Suites offers rich and well-crafted musical settings. Perform each Suite separately during Advent and Christmas, or together as the centerpiece of a Christmas or hanging of the greens service.Available separately: SATB, Instrumental Pak (Score and Parts for Chamber or Full Orchestra), ChoirTrax CD, Preview CD, CD 10-Pak and Preview Pak.

Songlist: Angels We Have Heard On High, Joy To The World, What Child Is This?, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Love Came Down At Christmas, Wexford Carol, The First Noel, O Sing A Song Of Bethlehem, Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, Christ Is The Light Of The World, Every Valley, Fanfare For The Newborn King, Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming, Sing We Now Of Christmas, A Child Is Born In Bethlehem, Christ Was Born On Christmas Day, Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep, On Christmas Night

From the darkness and hope of Advent to the light and joy of Christmas, this new cantata captures the varied colors of Christmas in fresh tones. With a blend of classic carols and rich new songs, this 35-minute cantata literally moves the service from darkness to light, vividly illustrating the hope of Christmas through music and the spoken word. Medium to medium-easy.

Songlist: O Little Town Of Bethlehem, Fairest Jesu, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Mary's Lullaby, Glory To God!, Three Kings Came Riding From Afar, Guiding Star, Communion Meditation, We Bring His Light

From majestically triumphant to quietly worshipful, Gloria Deo weaves rich carol arrangements with scripture lessons for a moving Christmas worship experience. This appealing and accessible work will heighten your church and community's celebration of the Incarnation with a blend of classic Christmas favorites and new texts Available separately: SATB, Instrumental Pak-Full Orchestra (score and parts for Flute, Oboe, Trumpet 1 & 2, Horn, Trombone, Tuba, Violin 1 & 2, Viola, Cello, String Bass and Percussion), Instrumental Pak-Chamber Orchestra (score and parts for Flute, Oboe, Violin 1 & 2, Viola, Cello, String Bass and Percussion), Preview CD, ChoirTrax CD, CD 10-Pak and Preview Pak. Performance Length: Approx. 40 minutes

Songlist: Joy To The World, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, The First Noel, The Holly And The Ivy, Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, As Lately We Watched, Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming, Sing We Now Of Christmas, Gloria Deo, I Will Bless The Faithful, Long Time Ago In Bethlehem, Gloria Deo (Reprise), Once In Royal David's City, Still, Still, Still, Of The Father's Love Begotten, The Rocking Carol

Every Christmas Eve for decades, the world-renowned Choir of King's College Chapel, Cambridge has broadcast the Festival o Nine Lessons and Carols worldwide on BBC Radio (Carols from King's is also televised by the BBC every Christmas annually). It never fails to inspire and appeal by bringing together readings from the Christmas story with the singing of traditional carols in which all may join: classic Christmas arrangements for the choir and exciting newly-composed anthems that often become choral classics. For countless people the broadcast of Nine Lessons and Carols is a major part of the Christmas experience. 

Now the King's College Director of Music, Stephen Cleobury, has created this album of forty-six of the most enduring choral pieces from the Festivals. Thirteen are published here for the first time, ten were specially commissioned for King's and seven are carols for choir and congregation. Wide ranging in sources, this collection includes arrangements by King's directors of music David Wilcocks, Philip Ledger and Stephen Cleobury and leading contemporary composers such as Richard Rodney Bennett, Bob Chilcott, Jonathan Dove, John Joubert, Roxanna Panufnik, Arvo Part, John Rutter, Peter Sculthorpe, John Tavener, and Judith Weir.

Christmas at King's includes a preface by Stephen Cleobury and a useful appendix of readings with relevant repertoire from the collection for those choirs who want to present their own Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.

Songlist: Once In Royal David's City, A Great and Mighty Wonder, A Tender Shoot, A Virgin Most Pure, Adam Lay Ybounden, Alleluya, A New Work Is Come On Hand, Away In A Manger, Be Merry, Benedicamus Domino, The Birthday of Thy King, Bogoroditsye Dyevo, Christo Paremus Cantica, God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In, I Wonder As I Wander, I Sing Of A Maiden, Illuminare, Jerusalem, In Wintertime, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, The Infant King, It Came Upon The Midnight Clear, Jesus Christ The Apple Tree, The Lamb, Morning Song For The Christ Child, Myn Lyking, No Small Wonder, Love Came Down At Christmas, Noel nouvelet, Nowel, and more

A collection of anthems for unaccompanied SATB chorus.

Songlist: Lift up your heads, O ye gates, O Lord, the maker of all things, Rejoice in the Lord alway, This is the day, Deliver us, O Lord our God, Let my complaint come before thee, Lord, we beseech thee, O sing joyfully, When the Lord turned again, Sacerdotes Domini, Nolo mortem peccatoris, Benedictus qui venit, Holy, Holy, Holy, Audivi vocem de coelo, O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit, O pray for the peace of Jerusalem, O God be merciful, Sing unto the Lord, Exsultate justi, Of the glorious Body telling

A selection of sacred carols.

Songlist: O Come, All Ye Faithful, What Child Is This?, I Wonder As I Wander, Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, O Come Emmanuel, Away In A Manger, Joy To The World, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, O Holy Night, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Angels From The Realms Of Glory, Angels We Have Heard On High, Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, I Heard The bells On Christmas Day, As With Gladness Men Of Old, Good Christian Men Rejoice, The First Noel, We Three Kings, Silent Night

Completed in 1952, Poulenc often returned to traditional forms of French church music popular in the Renaissance, such as the motet, that had fallen out of favor in the late eighteenth century. Following the narrative of the nativity, Poulenc intended that the movements be performed together.

Songlist: O magnum mysterium, Quem vidistis pastores dicite, Videntes stellam, Hodie Christus natus est

Easy, inexpensive and quick to learn arrangements for male voices.

Songlist: While By The Sheep, O Come, All Ye Faithful, Be Near Me, Lord Jesus, O Little Town of Bethlehem

Featuring exciting new songs from Geron Davis, this worship experience presents the Christmas story in a fresh new way-Jesus is our Hope and will return as conquering King. With celebratory praise and awesome worship songs, this musical incorporates soloists, worship teams, as well as adult and children's choirs. Music, narration, and production notes are included in the songbook.

Songlist: Christmas Praise Medley, The Cradle That Rocked The World, Glory To God, Hope Has Come, Isn't It Amazing, Lord, I Lift Your Name On High, Sing, Sing, Watch For The Light, Why Would He Choose Me, Worship (Worship The King)

Collection of four motets which were originally composed as personal holiday greetings to family, friends and colleagues. Includes excellent performance notes.

Songlist: Vidistis Pastores, O Sapientia, Videntesstellam, Verbum caro factumest

Five Songs of Incarnation is planned to be performed as a cycle in celebration of the Nativity. Each song is prefaced by quotations from the first chapter of St. John's Gospel set for tenor solo and SATB unaccompanied. Although the work is designed as a single entity to be performed without a break, individual songs may be performed separately, with or without their respective preface. Four of the songs are reworkings of carols from the composer's earlier Five Carols for Five Voices, Op. 78. The central song, I Sing of a Maiden, is new, as are the prefaces for tenor solo.

Songlist: I Sing Of A Maiden, Let Us Gather Hand In Hand, Make We Joy Now In This Feast, Of A Rose, A Lovely Rose, When Christ Was Born Of Mary

John Joubert's compositional range is considerable, yet it is with his short choral works in the Anglican tradition that his mastery has been best appreciated. Here for the first time collected in one handsome volume are a dozen of the finest, with texts from both the biblical and non-liturgical. This anthology from a lifetime's output is convincing proof of a composer who still has much new to say in this most demanding medium.

Songlist: Christ is Risen, There Is No Rose, Glory and Honor, The Souls of the Righteous, Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge, O Lord, Maker of All Things, O Praise God In His Holiness, The Beatitudes, The Christ-Child Lay, Coversdale's Carol, All And Some Nowell Sing We, Hymn To The Virgin

Usher in the Season of Light with Candles of Advent, a creative collection of carols and songs. Use the anthems individually during the Advent season through Christmas, or with the narration included for a complete cantata. Medium easy.Available separately: SATB, Instrumental Pak (Chamber Orchestra) and ChoirTrax CD.

Songlist: Love Came Down At Christmas, Immanuel, To Thee We Sing, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings, O Come, Emmanuel, Hark! The Glad Sound

With the celebration of Advent more popular each year, this work by John Purifoy will be a welcome tool for the traditional Hanging of the Green service. You will find each title in this unique collection usable throughout December as well. Available separately: SATB, Preview CD, ChoirTrax CD, Chamber Orchestra Score and Parts (fl, ob, hp, timp, perc, vn 1, 2, va, vc, b), CD 10-Pak, Preview CD Pak. Duration: ca. 15:00.

Songlist: Angels We Have Heard On High, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, The Holly And The Ivy, Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming, He Is Born, Good Christian Men, Rejoice, O Come, Little Children, Peace, Hope, Light And Love

This songbook is part of the Oxford Choral Classics series and gathers in one volume sixteen of the finest motets and related pieces for the season of Christmas. The collection gives due space to the magnificant works of the Renaissance period, with well-known motets such as Victoria's O magnum mysterium and Sweeelink's Hodie Chritus natus est placed alongside works by Byrd, Palestrina and Mouton. There are also works from later peiods, including Bruckner's Virga Jesse, an estatic motet in praise of Christ's birth, and Cui's fervant and sonorous setting of the Magnificat. As such, the collection is an outstanding and richly varied survey of the repertoire, and provides a superb choice of pieces for all choirs seeking a broad selection of music for this season.

Songlist: Virga Jesse floruit, O magnum mysterium and Beata Virgo, Magnificat, Quem vidistis, pastores, Riu, riu, chiu, Resonet in laudibus, Omnes de Saba venient, Frohlocket, ihr Volker auf Erden, Nesciens mater, Hodie Christus natus est, O beatum et sacrosanctum diem, In dulci jubilo, Quem pastores laudavere, In dulci jubilo, Hodie Christus natus est, O Magnum Mysterium

John Tavener first rose to fame in 1969 when his cantata "The Whale" was recorded on the Beatle's Apple record label. Now one of Britain's leading choral composers his works included the poignant "Song For Athene". Here are eight mostly a cappella Christmas songs.

Songlist: O, Do Not Move, A Christmas Round, Ikon Of The Nativity, God Is With Us, Today The Virgin, A Nativity, The Lamb, Apolytikion Of The Incarnation

Work in 12 movements celebrating different aspects of Christmas time - winter, the sleeping child, tidings of peace, thanksgiving - with words ranging from the psalms to new texts by Carol Barratt. The scoring is for mixed chorus with an optional second chorus suitable for children's voices, and trumpet, keyboards, percussion and string orchestra.

An anthology of carols and anthems by Kenneth Leighton, one of the most distinguished of the British post-war composers, chiefly regarded today for his choral output. This anthology includes many pieces that are less well known, and find themselves in no other collection. Arranged for mixed voice choir SATB and keyboard.

Songlist: Give Me The Wings of Faith, Let All The World In Every Corner Sing, On Ode of the Birth of our Saviour, Drop, Drop Slow Tears from the Crucifix Pro Nobis, O Leave Your Sleep, The Star Song, A Hymn of the Nativity, Adventante Deo

This volume contains works for mixed voices pertaining to Christmas and the Easter season.

Songlist: Adjunk halat immar (Graces soient rendues), Adorna thalamum (Ekitsd fel templomod), Karacsonyi bolcsodal, Karacsonyi kirie, Mennybol az angyal, Napkeleti kiralyok, Nosza, lelkem!, O gloriosa virginum, O Jesule, Sancta parens, Szep kelet, szep nap! (ejev), A keresztfahoz megyek, Alleluja! orvendezzunk, Ascendit Christus, Bunbanoknak menedeke, Bunos lelek, En nemzetem (Popule meus), Fiam, Jezus, Golgotadon latunk, Ingrediente Domino (Viragvasarnap), Keresztenyek, sirjatok, Kiralyi zaszlo jar elol (Vexilla regis prodeunt), Krisztus, viragunk (A), Krisztus, viragunk (B), O Jezus, Jezus (O languens Jesu), O languens Jesu, Orvendetes napunk tamadt, Popule meus, Surrexit Christus, Szent kereszted unnepere, and more

Make your Christmas anthem planning a snap for years to come with this collection of 12 delightful and inspiring carol settings from some of this generation's leading arrangers of sacred choral music. All are crafted with the needs of the smaller choir in mind, making this a worthy addition to our popular and best-selling "For About 12 Singers" series. In keeping with that goal, we're pleased to offer, as a separate item, reproducible Part-dominant Rehearsal CDs. It is a valuable learning aid for non-music-reading singers and a rehearsal aid for harried directors during the busy Christmas season.

Songlist: A New Light Is Dawning, Christ Is Born Sing Glory to God, Silent the Night, Behold a Tiny Baby, Noel Noel, A Joyful Nowell, O Come All Ye Faithful, Christmas Joy, Born Neath a Star, The Birthday of a King, O How Beautiful the Sky, Good Christians All Rejoice

Previously available only in multiple-part editions, these charming, best-selling anthems by well-known composers have been carefully adapted for unison choirs (with an optional second part) of any age. Included are anthems for Palm Sunday, the Christmas season, and a variety of arrangements for general use. Some have optional flute or small percussion parts, but all are also effective simply with piano accompaniment. Indeed, these are "Sacred Singable Solutions" and an invaluable repertoire resource for unison or two-part anthems.

Songlist: Holy Holy Holy, Praise the Lord with Jubilant Song, Bethlehem Child, Sing a Glad Noel, Behold a Tiny Baby, Little Star, Inscription of Hope, Hosanna Praise the Lord

'Alleluia' was commissioned for performance at the 1999 National ACDA Convention. A hushed chant is woven into dramatic musical lines and lush harmonies that later fade to an ending of quiet splendor. With the grandeur of a more challenging work, this piece sings easily, enabling accessibility to a variety of performing groups. Spevacek has 'Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming' in a sensitive, transparent fashion with lush harmonies and textual contrasts. 'A Jubilant Gloria' is an exceptional work that offers driving rhythmic excitement from its fanfare-like opening to its exhilarating conclusion. This sophisticated piece sings easily and sounds gloriously full.

Songlist: Alleluia, A Jubilant Gloria, Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

The vibrant, upbeat original, 'A Glad Noel' is a marvelous opener or change-of-pace selection. Its fanfare-like style and bright mood will inspire the joyous spirit of the season. Creative and charming, it is easy and accessible, yet sounds sophisticated, make it an ideal choice. 'A Jubilant Gloria' is an exceptional work that offers driving rhythmic excitement from its fanfare-like opening to its exhilarating conclusion. This sophisticated piece sings easily and sounds gloriously full. The new voicings of this best-selling arrangement of the Spanish Carol, 'Riu, Riu, Chiu,' include text options for English or Spanish. Tambourine and hand claps lend a festive, colorful flair. Whether performed with or without piano accompaniment, the limited ranges, repetitious form, and opportunities for solos yield built-in success for holiday programs.

Songlist: A Glad Noel, A Jubilant Gloria, Riu, Riu, Chiu

This exciting and diverse collection features eight of Mack Wilberg's popular arrangements for the Christmas season. These carols have been revised with new scorings for SATB choir and piano or organ expressly for this collection. Whether fast and upbeat or steady and warm, this music reveals Wilberg's talent for arranging and will be a welcome addition to Christmas programming for choral societies and church choirs. Mack Wilberg is the Music Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He was appointed Music Director in March 2008, having served as Associate Music Director since May 1999. He is a former professor of music at Brigham Young University, where he received his bachelors degree; his masters and doctoral degrees are from the University of Southern California. In addition to his conducting responsibilities he is active as apianist, choral clinician, composer, arranger, and guest conductor throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to the many compositions he has written for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, his works have been performed by artists such as Renee Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, The Kings Singers, and narrators Walter Cronkite and Claire Bloom. Wilbergs arrangements and compositions are performed and recorded all over the world. With their grandeur, energy, and craftsmanship, they inspire performers and audiences everywhere.

Songlist: Carol to the King, Gloria tibi Domine, How far is it to Bethlehem?, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Lullee, lullai, lullo, lullabye, Still, still, still, The Virgin Mary had a baby boy, What shall we give?

Upper voice choirs will resound with the glory of Christmas and these wonderful settings of traditional Latin carols. Ideal for treble voices in high school through professional level and a great value.

Songlist: Personent Hodie, Veni, Veni Emmanuel, Angelus ad Virginem, Qui Creavit Coelum, Quem Pastores Laudavere (14th C)

Fill your performance space with the glory of a German Renaissance Christmas with selections from this outstanding collection! Mixed choruses from high school through professional will appreciate the clean, well-edited editions.

Songlist: Angelus Ad Pastorem, Dixit Maria, Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming, Maria Wallt Zum Heiligtum, Singt Und Klingt (Psallite Unigenito)

Ruth Elaine Schram has artfully blended classical masterworks with beloved carols resulting in Noel Masterworks. Use the five arrangements contained in this collection throughout the Advent season plus Christmas. Or, present the selections together with the optional narration contained in the book for a rich 25-minute cantata. Available separately: SATB. Preview CD, ChoirTrax CD, I-Pak and Preview Pak also available.

Songlist: A Prelude To Advent, Silent Noel, March Of The Three Kings, The Heavens Declare Joy!, Angels Suite

Eighteen Christmas settings (fourteen full-length accompanied arrangements and four a cappella settings) create a treasury of useful materials for worship services, concerts, pageants, or other seasonal events. Includes ballads and up tempo numbers; classic carols and contemporary expressions. Arranged by Tom Fettke. The ultimate resource book for ladies trio, ensemble or choir.

Songlist: Angels, From the Realms of Glory, Bless That Wonderful Name, Child In the Manger, Come and See, Come Rejoicing!, Emmanuel, Emmanuel - Prince of Peace, Gloria, Gloria Deo, Go, Tell It on the Mountain, His Name Is Called Emmanuel, Holy Is the Lord, Hope Has Arrived, I Extol You, Immanuel, Immanuel, Jesus, O What a Wonderful Child, Jesus, the Light of the World, O Come, Let Us Adore Him, O Lord, Most Holy, Precious Promise, Saw You Never in the Twilight, Simple Worship, Sovereign Lord, That Beautiful Name, the Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy, There Is Hope, Thou Didst Leave Thy Thorne, Who Is This Child?, Wonderful Counselor

Pull-out from the collection A Season for Alleluias

Songlist: Alleluia! Gloria, All is Well, Behold the Star, Glory nto God

Some of the most exciting and original contemporary composers of a cappella sacred music are gathered together in this superb collection. Specially geared towards the choirmaster who is looking for something special to perform at Christmas.

Songlist: In Wintertime, What Child Is This?, There Is No Rose, The Child Of Light, Jesu Sweete, Jesus Christ The Apple Tree, I Sing Of A Maiden, Make We Merry, Love Bade Me Welcome, The Holly And The Ivy, A Nativity, And God, And Yet A Man, One Star, At Last, A Christmas Poem, I Sing Of A Maiden, The Lamb, The Bellman

Joan Szymko's 3 part arrangement of 'Ave Maria' is beautiful and moving. It is simple, yet profound. Her arrangement also comes with a helpful phonunciation and translation guide. The text of the 'Magnificat' depicts the scene when the Angel Gabriel came to Mary to tell her of the good news that she has been chosen to bear the son of God. This touching moment is captured in the opening plainchant and polyphony, Mary's joy is unveiled in the ensuing dance-like figuration which follows. Another gem by Joan Symko, Hodie, opens with the soprano section, adding the rest of the choir at measure 12. This vigorous take on the Vespers Aniphon is a great addition to your womens choir's holiday concert. David V. Montoya's 'Ave Maria' is written for 4 part women's voices and it is not to be missed. A contemporary version in english, this arrangement's soprano line could easily lend itself well to either a soloist or a group of sopranos. J. Edmund Hughes' arrangement of 'Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming' is quite different than most arrangements of this tune out there. It incorporates a nice solo in the alto line to be sung inbetween the typical verses. The 'background vocals' singing the typical harmonies start out with 3 parts, then grow to 6 parts by the end. This is an exquisite arrangement!

Songlist: Ave Maria, Magnificat, Hodie, Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

'In Excelsis Gloria' is a beautiful, simple and effective setting of the 15th century text. 'Two Cradle Meditations' includes the cherished Christmas carol, 'Away in a Manger,' and the choral lullaby 'O Jesu So Sweet.' Surely it will be a great addition to your Christmas program. 'Born Is the Babe' announces the birth of Jesus as well as anticipating and celebrating the atonement and resurrection. The three-voice writing has the flair and accent of a Medieval/Renaissance dance. The setting can be effective with a large choir or only a handful of singers. 'Four Chorales for the Christmas Season' includes 4 beautiful of arrangements of 'Let All Together Praise Our God,' 'Lo, How a Rose is Growing,' 'O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright,' and 'Once He Came in Blessing.'

Songlist: In Excelsis Gloria, Two Cradle Meditations, Born Is the Babe, Four Chorales for the Christmas Season

The Augsburg Choirbook for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany is an exciting collection of choral music for the season. Includes SATB, two-part and three-part settings of much-loved liturature from the Augsburg choral library as well as newly composed settings. This comprehensive collection will immediately appeal to directors, singers, and listeners.

Songlist: A Holy Child Is Born Today, And a Little Child Shall Lead Them, As the Dark Awaits the Dawn, At Bethlehem, Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies, Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, Coventry Carol, Dixit Maria ad Angelum, Dost Thou in a Manger Lie?, Eternal Light, Herr Christ, Der Einig Gotts Sohn, I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Jeg er sa Glad, Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head, Jesus on the Mountain Peak, Joyous Christmas Song, Le Sommeil De L'enfant Jesus, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Lullaby on Christmas Eve, Lullay, Dear Jesus, Lute Book Lullaby, Maria Walks Amid the Thorn, Nunc Dimittis, O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright, O Savior, Rend the Heavens Wide, Of The Father's Love Begotten, Out of the Orient Crystal Skies, Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow, Silent Night, Holy Night!, and more

The New Oxford Book of Carols (1992) was born of the need for a practical collection presenting carols either in their original versions (where such a concept was relevant) or in versions that respected the essential character of the melodies and their texts. The original 700-page book, which contains alternative versions of many carols, also offers an extensive historical introduction and notes to individual carols, from which the information below is summarized. The word "carol" has had a variety of meanings, starting as a dance-song in the Middle Ages. Carols are now almost exclusively associated with Christmas, and their subject-matter is either midwinter cheer, or the conception and birth of Christ. While modern secular practice is to sing them before Christmas, they formerly belonged to the period between Christmas eve and Epiphany. Our own criteria for selecting carols re that the content must be narrative, contemplative or celebratory, the spirit simple, the form normally strophic.

Songlist: Veni, Redemptor Gencium, Angelus ad Virginem, Verbum Caro Factu Est: In Hoc Anni Circulo, Verbum Patris Umanatur, Qui Creavit Celum, Corde Natus Ex Parentis