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词条 Carols for Choirs
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  1. History

  2. Volumes

  3. Contents

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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Carols for Choirs is a collection of vocal scores, predominantly of Christmas carols and hymns, first published in 1961 by Oxford University Press. It was edited by Sir David Willcocks and Reginald Jacques, and is a widely used source of carols in the British Anglican tradition and among British choral societies.[1] A second volume was published in 1970, edited by David Willcocks and John Rutter, and the collection is now available in five volumes. A compendium edition was published later. In addition to music for Christmas, the collection also offers works that are suitable for other Christian festivals such as Advent and Epiphany.

The books contain the most commonly performed carols and their harmony arrangements, with descants from the editors (mainly Willcocks) which have become the de facto standard descants for these tunes in the Anglican communion in the UK. Most of the arrangements were originally written for use by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge or the Bach Choir in London.

History

Carols For Choirs was originally launched by the organist and music editor at Oxford University Press Christopher Morris. Whilst working at St George's, Hanover Square, he realised that church choirs lacked a definitive book of Christmas carols, and felt that a single book would be more convenient than using separate pieces of sheet music and hymn books.[2] Under his direction, the first book of Carols for Choirs was commissioned. To edit the collection, Morris enlisted David Willcocks, Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, and Reginald Jacques, conductor of the Bach Choir.[3] The book was published in 1961, containing new arrangements of traditional carols, but it also popularised pieces by modern composers such as William Walton, Benjamin Britten, Richard Rodney Bennett, William Mathias and John Rutter.[4] Carols for Choirs was an instant success and became OUP Music Department's best-selling title, with over a million copies being sold.[2] OUP were keen to commission a second volume, but after the death of Jacques in 1969, a new editor had to be found to support Willcocks, and an undergraduate at Cambridge University, John Rutter, was recruited. Carols for Choirs 2 was published in 1970.[3]

The books in the Carols For Choirs collection came to be regarded as standard choral texts throughout the English-speaking world and were highly influential; according to the composer John Rutter, they "changed the whole sound of Christmas for everybody who sings".[2][4]

Volumes

Choir singers usually refer to the books by the colours of their covers, with the "green" and "orange" books (volumes 1 and 2) being the most widely used. The "blue" book (volume 3) contains a number of longer anthems,[5] and the "red" book features fifty carols arranged for sopranos and altos.[6] In July 2011, Oxford University Press published the fifth incarnation of the original series, Carols for Choirs 5, edited by composer Bob Chilcott, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first volume.[7]

  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Jacques|editor1-first=Reginald|editor2-last=Willcocks|editor2-first=David|title=Carols for Choirs 1: Fifty Christmas Carols|date=24 August 1961|publisher=OUP|isbn=9780193532229}}
  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Willcocks|editor1-first=David|editor2-last=Rutter|editor2-first=John|title=Carols for Choirs 2: Fifty Carols for Christmas and Advent|date=16 July 1970|publisher=OUP|location=Oxford|isbn=9780193535657}}
  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Willcocks|editor1-first=David|editor2-last=Rutter|editor2-first=John|title=Carols for Choirs 3: Fifty Christmas Carols|date=7 September 1978|publisher=OUP|location=Oxford|isbn=9780193535701}}
  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Willcocks|editor1-first=David|editor2-last=Rutter|editor2-first=John|title=Carols for Choirs 4: Fifty Carols for Sopranos and Altos|date=21 August 1980|publisher=OUP|location=London|isbn=9780193535732}}
  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Chilcott|editor1-first=Bob|editor2-last=Blackwell|editor2-first=David|title=Carols for Choirs 5: Fifty Christmas Carols|date=2011|publisher=OUP|location=Oxford|isbn=9780193373563}}
  • Compendium Edition: {{cite book|editor1-last=Rutter|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Willcocks|editor2-first=David|title=100 Carols for Choirs|date=1987|publisher=OUP|location=Oxford|isbn=9780193532274}}

Oxford University Press later expanded the series with volumes appropriate for other church seasons, for example:[7]

  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Archer|editor1-first=Malcolm|editor2-last=Cleobury|editor2-first=Stephen|editor1-link=Malcolm Archer|editor2-link=Stephen Cleobury|title=Advent for Choirs|date=6 April 2000|publisher=OUP|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-353025-6}}
  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Archer|editor1-first=Malcolm|editor2-last=Scott|editor2-first=John|editor1-link=Malcolm Archer|editor2-link=John Scott (organist)|title=Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs: Anthems for the Church's Seasons|date=2004|publisher=OUP|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-353026-3}}
  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Scott|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Dakers|editor2-first=Lionel|editor2-link=Lionel Frederick Dakers|title=Ash Wednesday to Easter for Choirs|date=1998|publisher=OUP|location=London|isbn=9780193531116}}

Contents

See also

  • Christmas music
  • List of Christmas carols
  • Nine Lessons and Carols (Carols from King's College, Cambridge)
  • Oxford Book of Carols

References

1. ^{{cite book|last1=Whiteley|first1=edited by Sheila|title=Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture|date=2008|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|location=Edinburgh|isbn=9780748631872|page=96}}
2. ^1 2 {{Cite episode |title=Christopher Morris Obituary |episode-link= |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v66nd#playt=25m |access-date=4 October 2016 |series=Last Word |series-link=Last Word |first=Matthew |last=Bannister |network=BBC |station=BBC Radio 4 |date=21 December 2014 |season= |series-no= |number= |minutes=25 |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}}
3. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Beeson|first1=Trevor|title=In Tuneful Accord : the church musicians|date=2009|publisher=SCM|location=London|isbn=9780334041931|page=141|chapter=17. The Oxbridge Choirs}}
4. ^1 {{cite news|title=Christopher Morris, musician - obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11444855/Christopher-Morris-musician-obituary.html|accessdate=4 October 2016|work=Daily Telegraph}}
5. ^{{cite journal|editor1-last=Senior|editor1-first=Evan|title=Carols for Choirs 3|journal=Music and Musicians|date=1978|volume= 27|page=25|publisher=Hansom Books}}
6. ^{{cite journal|title=Reviews|journal=Brio|date=2006|volume=43|issue=1|publisher=International Association of Music Libraries, United Kingdom Branch}}
7. ^1 {{cite web|title=…for Choirs Collections |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/f/for-choirs-collections-forch/?lang=en&cc=gb |work=Choral Series |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=5 October 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005084123/https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/f/for-choirs-collections-forch/?lang=en&cc=gb |archivedate=5 October 2016 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}

External links

  • OUP: Carols for Choirs
  • Obituary of Christopher Morris, the organist and publisher who launched the book Carols For Choirs.
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