The Oxford Book of Carols
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The Oxford Book of Carols is a collection of vocal scores of Christmas carols and carols of other seasons. It was first published in 1928 by Oxford University Press and was edited by Percy Dearmer, Martin Shaw and Ralph Vaughan Williams. It became a widely used source of carols among choirs and church congregations in Britain.
History
Vaughan Williams was a noted composer and arranger of
Editions
The Oxford Book of Carols has been reprinted many times. It was re-engraved and reset in a slightly larger format in 1964, at which time some of the medieval carols were re-edited. The most recent impression is dated 26 January 1984 and is still in print.
The New Oxford Book of Carols was published in 1992 by OUP. Anthologists Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott make few references to OBC in their Introduction and their aim appears the same as Dearmer's in 1928. The enormous task was shared by both sets of anthologists and Keyte and Parrott issued The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols in 1993.
See also
- Christmas music
- Carols for Choirs
- List of Christmas Carols
- Nine Lessons and Carols (Carols from King's College, Cambridge)
References
- ^ Frogley, Alain. "Williams, Ralph Vaughan (1872–1958)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 10 October 2015 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ISBN 9780789003980. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ISBN 9780571315482. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
External links
- Complete text of The Oxford Book of Carols (1928 edition) at HathiTrust Digital Library