Oxford University Press Sheet Music

McDowall brings to life a mystical, brooding nativity text by Nicholas Dakin with dramatic octatonic melodies and parallel movement in fourths and fifths. The propulsive 6/8 metre is decorated with du...

McDowall brings to life a mystical, brooding nativity text by Nicholas Dakin with dramatic octatonic melodies and parallel movement in fourths and fifths. The propulsive 6/8 metre is decorated with du...

In this arrangement of the Appalachian folk carol, Mack Wilberg provides a gentle harmonization suitable for a lullaby to the Christ child. A slight sense of foreboding is introduced in the central mi...

Toby Young's original setting refreshes this well-known text with a masterful and memorable melody that is imbued with an indelible tenderness. Young makes use of effective textural changes and syncop...

Toby Young's original setting refreshes this well-known text with a masterful and memorable melody that is imbued with an indelible tenderness. Young makes use of effective textural changes and syncop...

This gentle and tender anthem is suitable for all church and cathedral choirs. Offprinted from the collection Alan Bullard Anthems.

The volumes of Carols for Choirs have established themselves as the quintessential carol books for carol-singers around the world. Drawing from this rich resource, Weihnachts Carols for Choirs present...

Barnett has kept the straightforward feeling of the original setting and added a bit of harmonic variation through the use of canonic textures and the Lydian mode. Offprinted from the collection An Am...

This is a characterful setting of a classic Medieval Christmas text. Festive and dance-like, the music embodies the joy of the Christmas season and celebrates human redemption through Christ. The musi...

The basses should drive the piece forward, without rushing, in order to maintain a blues, laid-back feel. Offprinted from the collection An American Christmas, edited by Jerry Rubino.

In Phil Mattson's arrangement, the melody and text have been set with some contemporary harmonies, which begin simply and become more complex. Offprinted from the collection An American Christmas, edi...

This jubilant carol sets an evocative fourteenth-century text celebrating the birth of Christ. With a lilting, medieval feel and changing metres, Of A Rose has been recorded by The Sixteen on their al...

Rubino wanted to "create something that would maintain the traditional spirit of the carol, while engaging the singer and listener in a new way." Offprinted from the collection An American Christmas,...

D'où viens-tu, bergère? is one of the most popular lullaby carols in the francophone world. The carol takes the form of a dialogue between inquisitive villagers and a young shepherd girl who has just...

This solemn yet dramatic work sets a traditional Latin prayer lauding the Virgin Mary, with intense melodic lines that are at once steadfast and arresting, reflecting the mystery of the immaculate con...

A lively setting of the well-known macaronic Christmas text, this piece uses frequently changing time signatures, syncopation, and independent movement in each part, resulting in a lightness of textur...

Kling no, klokka! is a traditional Norwegian carol, skilfully arranged here for mixed voices by Frank Havroy. The piece has a compelling folk feel, with glissando and chromatic passages contributing t...

for SATB unaccompanied. In this gentle arrangement of Still, still, still, Remel Derrick underpins the melody of the traditional Austrian carol with contemporary harmonies, creating a warm and refresh...

For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. This is a harmonically rich carol setting a late medieval English text, centred on the phrase verbum caro factum est. The piece opens with a solo soprano line...

For tenor and soprano solo and SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. French's quasi-lullaby setting of Thomas Hardy's The Oxen opens by alternating between a tutti refrain and solo verses, with an atmo...

Orchestral material is available on hire. Also available in Carols for Choirs 3. A different arrangement for SSA unaccompanied is in Carols for Choirs 4.

John Sheppard's Verbum caro factum est is perhaps the most magnificent of his Responds, as befits its Christmas context. The music alternates between polyphony and plainchant, and the text is one that...

74 of the most popular items from Carols for Choirs 1, 2 and 3 in one volume, plus 26 pieces new to the series. The volume contains both accompanied and unaccompanied items, and the Order of Service f...

A triumphant arrangement of this ever-popular West Indian spiritual which was originally published in Christmas Spirituals for Choirs.

For SATB unaccompanied. A beautiful arrangement of one of Canada's oldest and most popular carols. After four verses each in a different scoring, the final refrain culminates in a resplendent 'in exce...