New Oxford Book Of Carols

Musica e testi di 201 canti natalizi (molti in più ambientazioni), ciascuno con abbondanti note di sfondo storico e di esecuzione. Un'ampia introduzione generale offre una panoramica della storia del canto natalizio e sono presenti numerose appendici che trattano aree specifiche del repertorio. L'approccio del libro è un tentativo di riscoprire la vitalità nativa di materiale che a volte è stato svilito e sentimentalizzato, per mezzo di ambientazioni d'epoca "autentiche" e una preoccupazione per una performance storicamente informata.

PART 1: COMPOSED CAROLS

THE MIDDLE AGES

Verbum supernum, prodiens/High Word of God, Eternal Light

Veni, Redemptor gencium/Come, thou Redeemer of the earth

Christe, Redemptor omnium/O Christ, the Father's only son

A solis ortus cardine/From lands that see the sun arise

Letabundus/Come rejoicing

Festa dies agitur

Dieus soit en cheste maison

Angelus ad Virginem/Gabriel, fram Heven-King

Procedenti Puero-Eya!/Verbum caro factum est-Eya! novus annus est

Ad cantus leticie

Laudemus cum armonia

Verbum caro factum est: Dies est leticie

Verbum caro factum est: In hoc anni circulo

Verbum Patris hodie

Verbum Patris umanatur

Veni, veni, Emanuel/O Come, O Come, Emmanuel!

Qui creavit celum/He who made the earth so fair (Song of the Nuns of Chester)

Dies est laeticiae/Earth with joy this day doth ring

Corde natus ex Parentis/Of the Father's heart begotten

Personent hodie/On this day earth shall ring

Puer nobis nascitur/Unto us is born a Son

Omnis mundus iucundetur

ENGLISH CAROLS 1400-1700

Lullay, lullay: Als I lay on Yoolis Night

Lullay, Lullow: I Saw a Swete Semly Syght

Nova! nova!

Nowell: Tydynges trew ther be cum new

Hayl, Mary, ful of grace

Ther is no rose of swych vertu

Alleluya pro Virgine Maria

Alleluya: A nywe werk is come on honde

Make we joye nowe in this fest

What tydynges bryngest thou, Messangere?

Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse

Nowel syng we bothe al and som

Synge we to this mery cumpane

Nowell: Dieus wous garde, byewsser

Nowell: The borys hede (The Exeter Boar's Head Carol)

Marvele noght, Josep

Thys endere nyghth I saw a syghth

Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child (The Coventry Carol)

As I out rode this enderes night (The Coventry Shepherds' Carol)

We happy hirdes men

Come, love we God!

Swete was the song the Virgine soong

Thus angels sung (The Angels' Song)

While shepherds watched their flocks by night

O remember Adam's fall/Remember, O thou man

EUROPEAN CAROLS 1550-1700

Riu, riu, chiu

Verbum caro factum est: Y la Virgen le dezia

E la don, don Verges Maria

Gaudete!

Psallite Unigenito

En! Natus est Emanuel - Lo! born is our Emmanuel

Puer natus in Bethlehem - A Boy is born in Bethlehem - Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem

Resonet in laudibus - Let the voice of praise resound - Joseph, lieber Joseph mein - Joseph, dearest Joseph mine

Magnum Nomen Domini Emanuel - O proclaim the mighty Name Emmanuel!

Quem pastores laudavere - Shepherds sang their praises o'er him

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Saviour of the Gentiles, come!

In dulci jubilo - Good Christian men, rejoice!

Vom Himmel hoch, da komm'ich her - From highest heaven I come to tell

Christum wir sollen loben schon - From lands that see the sun arise

Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht' - While by my sheep I watched at night

Es steht ein'Lind' im Himmelreich - There stood in heaven a linden tree

Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel, kommt! - Come, angels, come! from heaven, appear

Ein Kindlein in der Wiegen - He smiles within his cradle

Es ist ein Roess entsprungen - Of Jesse's line descended - Es ist ein Reis entsprungen - A great and mighty wonder

O Jesulein Suss! o Jesulein Mild! - O Little One Sweet! O Little One Mild

Wachet Auf! - Wake, O Wake!

Wie Schon leuchtet der Morgenstern - How fair the Morning Star doth shine

EUROPE AND AMERICA 1700-1830

Adeste, fideles/O come, all ye faithful

Christians, awake!

Lo! he comes, with clouds descending - Lo! he comes, an infant stranger

Lift up your heads in joyful hope

Hark! hear you not a chearful noise

Hark! hark what news the angels bring

Joy to the world!

Come, let us all with heart and voice

As shepherds in Jewry

Shepherds, rejoice!

A virgin unspotted

The Lord descended from above

Ye nations all, on you I call

Glory to God on high

Hail the blest morn!

Hark! hark! glad tidings charm our ears

Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht! - Silent night! holy night!

Arise, and hail the sacred day!

Rejoice, ye tenants of the earth

Rouse, rouse from your slumbers!

Awake, and join the cheerful choir

Sound, sound your instruments of joy! ( Seraphic Minstrels)

THE LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY

Hark! the herald angels sing

Once, in royal David's city

The Shepherds' Farewell to the Holy Family

Angels, from the realms of glory

Good King Wenceslas looked out

What child is this

Three Kings of Orient

Away in a manger

O little town of Bethlehem

Drei Kon'ge wandern aus Morgenland - Three kings from Persian lands afar (Die Konige)

It came upon the midnight clear

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Ding-dong ding!

Past three o'clock

Blessed be that maid Marie

Hail, blessed Virgin Mary!

Ding! dong! merrily on high

Lullay, my liking - I saw a maiden - Myn Lyking

Love came down at Christmas

In the bleak mid-winter

Bethlehem Down

Dormi, Jesu! - Sleep, sweet babe! (The Virgin's Cradle Hymn)

Wither's Rocking Hymn

Watts's Cradle Hymn

A Boy was born in Bethlehem

A Hymn to the Virgin

Torches

Make we joy now in this fest

There is no rose of such virtue

Adam lay ybounden

The Fader of heven

When Christ was born of Mary free

PART TWO: TRADITIONAL CAROLS

ENGLISH TRADITIONAL

The Boar's Head Carol

Come all you faithful Christians

The holly and the ivy

Now the holly bears a berry (The St Day Carol)

The Cherry Tree Carol

When righteous Joseph wedded was

O Joseph, being an old man truly/Joseph, being an aged man truly

The Seven Joys of Mary - The Seven Rejoices of Mary - The Blessings of Mary

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

The Twelve Days of Christmas

In those twelve days

LUCK-VISIT SONGS

ALTRI IRISH TRADITIONAL - WELSH TRADITIONAL - AMERICAN TRADITIONAL - TRINIDADIAN TRADITIONAL

GERMAN TRADITIONAL - CZECH TRADITIONAL - POLISH TRADITIONAL - PROVENCAL TRADITIONAL