Songs of the Nativity : Being Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Music
ISBN-10
1108082882
ISBN-13
9781108082884
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 13th, 2014
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
316 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 17.50 x 1.70 cms
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Music
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This collection of Christmas carols was published in 1864 by William Henry Husk (1814–87), an amateur singer. Some eighty songs, in two groups, religious and 'festive', range from 'A babe is born' to several variants of 'The boar's head carol', and Husk provides musical settings for twelve of them.
This collection of Christmas carols was published in 1864 by William Henry Husk (1814–87), a solicitor's clerk and amateur singer who was librarian of the Sacred Harmonic Society in London. He wrote many entries for the first edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and in 1875 published An Account of the Musical Celebrations on St Cecilia's Day (also reissued in this series). He organises some eighty carols (some of which are familiar, others less known in these versions, and others no longer in common use) in two groups, religious and 'festive'. Each has a headnote explaining its origin, and the general introduction describes Christmas customs, including carol-singing, which Husk fears may be in decline. The songs range from 'A babe is born' and 'Here comes holly', to several variants of 'The boar's head carol', and Husk provides musical settings for twelve of them.
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