General information
100 Carols for Choirs collected 74 of the most popular items from Carols for Choirs 1, 2 and 3 in one volume (see this table of concordances ), plus 26 pieces new to the series. The volume contains both accompanied and unaccompanied items, and the Order
of Service for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Orchestral and brass ensemble accompaniments for many of the items are available on hire.
Title: 100 Carols for Choirs
Series: … for Choirs Collection
Editors / Compilers: David Willcocks and John Rutter
Publisher: Oxford University Press , Oxford, England (webpage for purchase )
Price: £19.50 (paperback) (As at 04/12/2019)
ISBN-10: 0-19-353227-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-353227-4
Voicing of works: Mostly SATB, with and without keyboard
Publication date and place: 1987 8 October, Oxford University Press, Oxford, England.
Contents
Note: Works in the "Titles" column which appear in blue are hyperlinks to the score page on CPDL - click on them for free editions. If the work is noted as being arranged, edited, or harmonised by an "Editor", it is possible that the linked work is not the same edition. Exercise caution if this is an important consideration for you. Those which are available here by the same arranger as in the publication are marked thus * .
Number
Title
Composer/Source
Editor
Seasonal use
1
A Babe is born
William Mathias (© 1971)
Christmas
2
A child is born in Bethlehem
Samuel Scheidt
David Willcocks (ed. & trans.)
Christmas
3
A great and mighty wonder
Old German
Michael Praetorius (harm.)
Christmas
4
A maiden most gentle
French Traditional (LOURDES HYMN )
Andrew Carter (arr. © 1978)
Christmas
5
A spotless Rose
Herbert Howells (© 1919)
Advent
6
A virgin most pure *
Trad. English
Charles Wood (arr.)
Christmas
7
Adam lay ybounden *
Peter Warlock
Advent
8
Alleluya, a new work is come on hand
Peter Wishart (© 1953)
Christmas
9
Angelus ad virginem
14th Century English
David Willcocks (harm.)
Annunciation / Christmas
9
Gabriel to Mary came
14th Century English
David Willcocks (harm.)
Annunciation / Christmas
10
All my heart this night rejoices *
Johann Georg Ebeling
Christmas
11
As with gladness men of old
Conrad Kocher
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
12
Ave plena gracia
Peter Maxwell Davies (© 1963)
Annunciation
13
Away in a manger
William Kirkpatrick
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
14
Nativity carol
John Rutter (© 1967)
Christmas
15
Child in a manger
Celtic Traditional (BUNESSAN )
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas / Epiphany
16
Deck the hall
Welsh Traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
17
Jingle, bells
James Pierpont
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
18a
Ding Dong! Merrily on high
Traditional (French)
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
18b
Ding Dong! Merrily on high
Traditional
Charles Wood (harm.)
Christmas
19
God rest you merry, gentlemen
Trad. English
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
20
Shepherd's pipe carol
John Rutter (© 1967)
Christmas
21
Wexford Carol
Irish Traditional
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
22
Good King Wenceslas
Piae Cantiones
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
23
Hark! the herald angels sing
Felix Mendelssohn
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
24
Jesus Child
John Rutter
Christmas
25
A new year carol
Benjamin Britten (© 1936)
Christmas / Epiphany
26
Here we come a-wassailing
Traditional (English)
John Rutter (ed.)
Christmas
27
This Christmas night
Malcolm Williamson
Christmas
28
Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary *
Traditional (Italian)
Charles Wood (ed.)
Christmas
29
Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber
French
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
30
I saw a maiden *
Anonymous (Basque Noel)
Edgar Pettman (ed.)
Christmas
31
Lord of the Dance
Sydney Carter
David Willcocks (arr.)
Easter
32
Longfellow's carol
Allen Percival
Christmas
33
Il est né le divin enfant
French Traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
33
He is born the divine Christ-child
French Traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
34
Myn lyking
Richard R. Terry
Christmas
35
I saw three ships
Trad. English
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
36
I saw three ships
English Traditional
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
37
A merry Christmas
Trad. English
Arthur Warrell (arr.)
Christmas
38
I wonder as I wander
Appalachian carol
John Rutter (arr.)
Passiontide
39
In the bleak mid-winter *
Gustav Holst
Christmas
40
In the bleak midwinter *
Harold Darke
Christmas
41
Cradle song
Flemish Traditional
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
42
In dulci jubilo
Robert Lucas Pearsall
Reginald Jacques (arr.)
Christmas
43
Infant holy, infant lowly
Polish
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
44
It came upon the midnight clear
Arthur Sullivan
David Willcocks (Org & desc.)
Christmas
45
Jesus Christ is risen today
Lyra Davidica
David Willcocks (arr.)
Easter
46
The cherry tree carol
Traditional (English)
David Willcocks (ed.)
Advent / Christmas
47
Joy to the world
Lowell Mason
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
48
King Jesus hath a garden
Dutch
Charles Wood (harm.)
Christmas
49
Lo! he comes with clouds descending
English
David Willcocks (arr.)
Advent
50
Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
14th Century German
Michael Praetorius (harm.)
Advent
51a
Coventry Carol
Traditional
Christmas
51b
Coventry Carol
Traditional
Martin Shaw (arr.)
Christmas
52
Sir Christèmas
William Mathias
Advent / Christmas
53
Sans Day Carol
Traditional (Cornish)
John Rutter (ed.)
Christmas
54
O come, all ye faithful
J. F. Wade
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
55
O come, O come Emmanuel
Traditional (15th century French Processional)
David Willcocks (ed.)
Advent
56
O little one sweet
Old German
Johann Sebastian Bach (harm.)
Christmas
57
O little town of Bethlehem
Ralph Vaughan Williams (harm.)
Thomas Armstrong (descant)
Christmas
58
Of the Father's heart begotten
From Piae Cantiones
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
59
Sussex Carol
Traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
60
The twelve days of Christmas
Traditional (English)
John Rutter (ed.)
Christmas
61
Once in royal David's city
Henry J. Gauntlett
Arthur Henry Mann (harm.)
Christmas
62
Once, as I remember *
Italian carol
Charles Wood (arr.)
Christmas
63
Out of your sleep
Richard Rodney Bennett © 1967
Christmas
64a
Personent Hodie *
Traditional (German, 1360)
Gustav Holst (ed.)
Christmas
64b
Sing aloud on this day!
Traditional (German, 1360)
Gustav Holst (ed.)
Christmas
65
Past three a clock
Traditional
Charles Wood (arr.)
Christmas
66
Quelle est cette odeur agréable
Traditional (French)
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
66
Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?
Traditional (French)
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
67
Quem pastores laudavere
Traditional (14th century German)
John Rutter (ed.)
Christmas
67
Shepherds left their flocks a-straying
Traditional (14th century German)
John Rutter (ed.)
Christmas
68
Birthday carol
David Willcocks
Christmas
69
O Queen of heaven
Timothy Rogers © 1986
Annunciation
70
See amid the winter's snow
John Goss
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
71
Mary's Lullaby
John Rutter © 1979
Christmas
72
Star carol
John Rutter © 1972
Christmas
73
Shepherds, in the fields abiding
French Traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
73
Angels, from the realms of glory
French Traditional
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
74
The infant king
Traditional (Basque Noel)
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
75
Silent night
Franz Xaver Gruber
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
75
Stille Nacht *
Franz Xaver Gruber
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
76
Still, still, still
German
Philip Ledger (arr.)
Christmas
77
Lute-book lullaby
W. Ballet
Martin Shaw (arr.)
Christmas
78
Christmas night
Arbeau's Orchésographie (1588)
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
79
Gabriel's Message
Basque
David Willcocks (arr.)
Annunciation / Christmas
80
Joys seven
Traditional (English)
Stephen Cleobury (arr.)
Easter
81
The first Nowell
Trad. English
David Willcocks (arr.)
Christmas
82
The holly and the ivy
Traditional (English)
Henry Walford Davies (arr.)
Christmas
83
Jesus Christ the apple tree
Elizabeth Poston @ 1967
Christmas
84
There is no rose
Traditional (15th century English)
John Stevens (arr.)
Christmas
85
There is a flower
John Rutter © 1986
Annunciation
86
Rise up,shepherd, and follow
Spiritual
John Rutter (arr.)
Christmas
87
The truth from above
Traditional (English)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (ed.)
Advent
88
This Joyful Eastertide *
Dutch carol
Charles Wood (arr.)
Easter
89
The Shepherd's farewell
Hector Berlioz
Christmas
90
The Three Kings
Peter Cornelius
Ivor Atkins (arr.)
Christmas
91
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Traditional (English)
David Willcocks (ed.)
Christmas
92
Unto us is born a son
David Willcocks
Christmas
93
Up! good Christen folk, and listen
Piae Cantiones
George Ratcliffe Woodward (arr.)
Christmas
94
Wassail song*
Traditional (English)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. © 1919)
New Year
95
Kings of the Orient
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
David Willcocks (arr.)
Epiphany
96
What cheer?
William Walton
Christmas
97
When Christ was born
Reginald Jacques
Christmas
98
The crown of roses *
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Good Friday
99
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Este's Psalter
Thomas Ravenscroft (ed.)
Christmas
100
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
Henry J. Gauntlett
David Willcocks (arr.)
Easter
App.1
O little town of Bethlehem * (unaccompanied)
Henry Walford Davies
Christmas