Coventry carol from the pageant of the shearmen and taylors 1591 title. Jonathan rathbone vocal jazz arranger biography sheet. You could also filter these songs limit them by type. The carols unusual text refers to the massacre of the innocents, in which herod ordered all male infants under. A chanticleer christmas tim keeler, cortez mitchell, gerrod pagenkopf, alan reinhardt. Print and download in pdf or midi coventry carol full orch. The words are by robert croo, and original version 15th. Satb 1812 free arrangements soprano, alto, tenor, and bass partstraditional choir voicing or also congregational hymns i.
The carol was traditionally performed in coventry in england as part of a mystery play called the pageant of the shearmen and tailors. It was performed as part of a coventry play called the pageant of the shearmen and tailors. Attention to dynamics and use of rubato will make for a stunning performance. A selection of popular carols to be selected from methinks i see a. Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child by, by, lully, lullay lullay, thou little tiny child by, by, lully, lullay o sisters, too, how. As soon as you complete your order, you will automatically and immediately receive email with a link to download the pdf file, from which you can print the sheet music. Sussex carol on christmas night all christians sing tomorrow shall be my dancing day j gardner torches joubert unto us a boy is born. Jonathan rathbone, a grammynominated composer, arranger, and conductor, trained at the historic coventry cathedral, christs college at cambridge, and the royal academy of music. Coventry carol sheet music pdf christmas sheet music free download coventry carol sheet music pdf is a christmas sheet music for piano sheet music, scoring piano vocal chords,original key. The music needs to be played cleanly, with attacks on. We need a little christmas herman we three kings of orient are. Herod, the king in his raging charged he hath this day. Carols for concerts by jonathan rathbone free listening. Buy sheet music the coventry carol choral vocal choir.
It is arranged for the orchestra i play in which is why it mainly strings with one flute. Jonathan rathbone trained as a chorister at coventry cathedral and choral scholar at christs college cambridge, and rounded off his musical education at the royal academy of music, specializing in singing and composition. Ward swingle, jonathan rathbone, ben parry, clare wheeler, jes sadler, tobias hug, christiane legrand there are few music lovers who havent heard the name the swingle singers. This carol is named after the city of coventry, england, where the pageant of the shearmen and tailors anciently depicted herods slaughter of the innocents, as told in the bible and these lyrics. The swingle singers ward swingle, founder and musical advisor helen massey, soprano i andrew busher, tenor i deryn edwards, soprano ii jonathan rathbone, tenor ii linda suggitt, alto i benjamin parry, bass i carol canning, alto ii david porter thomas, bass ii. Ssaattbb choir a cappella sheet music book by traditional. Comments on playing coventry carol this choral style of music looks simple and for many instruments and voices it is. From 1984 to 1996, he sang with and musicdirected the swingle singers, the renowned vocal chamber ensemble. The swingle singers singing jonathan rathbones arrangement of the coventry carol.
Jonathan rathbone commissioned by phoenix chamber choir huron carol cd founded in 1983, the phoenix. An english christmas carol dating from the sixteenth century, the coventry carol was originally performed as part of a mystery play, the shearmen and taylors pageant, which enacts the christmas story from the gospel of matthew. This is a piece based upon the christmas carol coventry carol. The play depicts the christmas story from chapter two in the gospel of matthew. History for coventry carol coventry carol is a christmas carol of haunting beauty, first appearing around 1591.
Coventry carol by traditional sheet music sheet music. Choralation aims to prepare a wide variety of songs, including classical, jazz, pop, folk, world, rock, and everything in between. For the duet it is a style that is difficult to arrange in a satisfactory manner and very difficult to play musically. This concert was released a year later on the green linnet cd cold blow these winter winds. Stream carols for concerts, a playlist by jonathan rathbone from desktop or your mobile device. The swingle singers ward swingle, founder and musical advisor helen massey, soprano i andrew busher, tenor i deryn edwards, soprano ii jonathan rathbone, tenor ii linda suggitt, alto i benjamin parry, bass i carol canning, alto ii david porter thomas, bass ii ross patterson, sound engineer. The coventry carol lullee, lullah, lullee, lullah, thou little tiny child, bye, bye, lullee, lullay. The company has pioneered the idea of the series and proudly includes series of such composers as prokofiev, tchaikovsky, parry, walton, grainger, berkeley and bridge. The song coventry carol was written by traditional and. O sisters too, how may we do for to preserve this day this poor youngling for whom we. Philip lawson day tripper john lennon and paul mccartney arr. The chromatic harmonies and wellplaced vocal divisi make this arrangement of coventry carol particularly poignant. Notes on the music by jonathan miller unless noted otherwise. Coventry carol page 2 soprano tenor bass last time.
The kikapust choral series is available exclusively from peters edition please contact us for a full list of titles. The carol medley, silent night and the twelve days of christmas are all exquisite, eightpart, jonathan rathbone arrangements for mixed choirs, while we three kings is a hip jazzy take on the popular carol, written for a fourpart mens choir. The coventry carol is an english christmas carol dating from the 16th century. Original version 15th century found by thomas sharp and published in dissertations. The coventry carol voice, satb sheet music cantorion. Coventry carol lully, lulla, thou little tiny child by by, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child by by, lully lullay o sisters too, how may we do for to preserve this day this poor youngling for whom we do sing by by, lully lullay. The coventry carol, sharp 1817 the coventry carol, dearmer and shaw 19 the coventry carol, terry, two hundred folk carols 1933 the coventry carol lulle lullay, collected by john jacob niles 1934words attributed to robert croo, 1534. Corrina hewat sang lullay lullay the coventry carol live at the queens hall, edinburgh, scotland on 21 december 2003. Shop the worlds widest selection of jonathan rathbone ssaattbb music, scores, parts and more. Christmas cda68299 hyperion records mp3 and lossless. Auctorum adventus tui shall still, with laud and carol meet, laudans exsultat cantico.
It is not an arrangement or a direct copy but closer to a theme and variations approach. Notes to the coventry carol hymns and carols of christmas. The kikapust choral series offers choirs an extensive choice of closeharmony a cappella arrangements. Coventry carol sheet music pdf christmas sheet music free download coventry carol sheet music pdf is a christmas sheet music. Jonathan rathbone vocal jazz arranger biography sheet music. The witches of elswick sang lullay, lullay in 2005 on their second and last album, hells belles. Coventry carol sheet music download free in pdf or midi.
Charts from the swingle singers stellar christmas album, the story of christmas. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Soundcloud carols for concerts by jonathan rathbone published on 201601t21. Rathbone takes the beautiful and somewhat surprising text by thomas hardy and sets it in an equally gentle harmonic language, with a delightful still gentle twist at the end. Program notes holidays a cappella concerts chicago a.
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Coventry carol pageant of the shearmen and tailors. The citys 15 largest companies shed 55,000 jobs between 1975 and 1982, in a city of around 300,000 people, according to a 2012 report by academic dr anton popov, then of. The recordings repertoire mix includes martin nearys fresh take on we three kings, a dramatic setting of the coventry carol by jonathan rathbone, richard pantcheffs haunting a christmas carol, and the beguiling no small wonder by paul edwards. Coventry, which was a major manufacturing centre and one of the birthplaces of the british car industry, has been described as a microcosm of deindustrialisation. Since the release of that groundbreaking debut album in 1963, this virtuosic eightvoice a cappella group complete with their own vocal rhythm section has. Nos quoque, qui sancto tuo and we, who by your precious blood redempti sanguine sumus, have been redeemed from sin, ob diem natalis tui for this, the day of your birth, hymnu novum concinimus. The text presents the biblical story of herods massacre of innocents, and a. It is arranged for the orchestra i play in which is why it. The oxen this gentle, sweet, and haunting piece comes from a longtime arranger for the current incarnation of swingle singers, based in london. Phoenix chamber choir vancouver, canada coventry carol.
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