What sweeter music can we bring Than a carol, for to sing...?' – Robert Herrick (1591-1674).
The stories behind over 30 of our favourite carols, including music and lyrics. ...
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The stories behind over 30 of our favourite carols, including music and lyrics. ...
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What sweeter music can we bring Than a carol, for to sing...?' – Robert Herrick (1591-1674).
The stories behind over 30 of our favourite carols, including music and lyrics. An illuminating companion to the much-loved Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, broadcast from the splendid acoustic of King’s College, Cambridge. From pagan origins and Tudor treasures, to how the Victorians came to super-charge carolling, and how ‘Carol’s from Kings’s’ became, itself, a tradition, broadcast on the BBC since 1928. Includes carols in all their moods: ‘It Came Upon a Midnight Clear’, ‘Silent Night’, ‘I Saw Three Ships’, ‘On Ilkley Moor Baht 'At’, ‘The Coventry Carol’, ‘Ding Dong Merrily on High’, and more.
The stories behind over 30 of our favourite carols, including music and lyrics. An illuminating companion to the much-loved Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, broadcast from the splendid acoustic of King’s College, Cambridge. From pagan origins and Tudor treasures, to how the Victorians came to super-charge carolling, and how ‘Carol’s from Kings’s’ became, itself, a tradition, broadcast on the BBC since 1928. Includes carols in all their moods: ‘It Came Upon a Midnight Clear’, ‘Silent Night’, ‘I Saw Three Ships’, ‘On Ilkley Moor Baht 'At’, ‘The Coventry Carol’, ‘Ding Dong Merrily on High’, and more.
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12.5 x 20cm
208 pages
12.5 x 20cm
208 pages
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Reviews
Overall product rating 4.5/5
25 December 2020
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Purchased as a gift for a particular recipient. It does not pretend to be comprehensive but we found it suitable for our purpose.
23 December 2020
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Book is interesting , but I thought that I will find carols to learn more, and sing along.
It is my fault.
It is my fault.
22 December 2020
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This is a very good present for someone interested in ancient music and the stories behind the music.
21 December 2020
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It's a present I hope they like it
19 November 2020
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Christmas present perfect gift
14 November 2020
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Just right for a special friend who always watches Christmas Eve.
