Table of Contents

PART 1: COMPOSED CAROLS; THE MIDDLE AGES; ENGLISH CAROLS 1400-1700; EUROPEAN CAROLS 1550-1700; EUROPE AND AMERICA 1700-1830; THE LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; PART TWO: TRADITIONAL CAROLS; ENGLISH TRADITIONAL; LUCK-VISIT SONGS; IRISH TRADITIONAL; WELSH TRADITIONAL; AMERICAN TRADITIONAL; TRINIDADIAN TRADITIONAL; GERMAN TRADITIONAL; CZECH TRADITIONAL; POLISH TRADITIONAL; PROVENCAL TRADITIONAL; FRENCH TRADITIONAL; BASQUE TRADITIONAL; SPANISH TRADITIONAL; NEOPOLITAN TRADITIONAL

Promotional Information

'Everything you need to know about every carol ever written' Choir & Organ

Reviews

'The major new resource this Christmas is the long-awaited paperback edition of The New Oxford Book of Carols ... This is far more than just another carol book ... In addition to OUP's always superb musical typography, there are comprehensive and well-researched footnotes and the extensive introduction includes a fascinating potted overview of the development of the carol genre in its social setting ... This is not only an elegant tome but a truly indispensable resource for all who take a serious and cerebral interest in this fascinating aspect of a continually developing choral tradition.' Church of England Newspaper, 6 November 98