The boar's head carol

( Nowell, nowell ; The boar's head in hand bear I )

... to Cuthbert Bates and the City of Bath Bach Choir ...

Arr.: Poston, Elizabeth (1905-1987) [ Great Britain ; England ]

Edition

Published by Oxford University Press [Great Britain] , 1961 ; in Carols for choirs 1 : 50 Christmas carols (184 p.)

Number of pages : 9

Editor or author of the restitution: Jacques, Reginald ; Willcocks, David

Type of material: Score with keyboard for rehearsal only

ISMN/ISBN : 0193532212

Description

Text in: English + adapted in Latin

Epoque: 20th century

Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Secular ; Christmas carol

Type of Choir: SATB (4 mixed voices )

Soloist(s): Bass (1) (1 soloist(s))

Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3

Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C

Tonality: B flat major

Duration: 2.0 min.

Number of verses: 5

Origin: England

Musicological Sources: Tune and words of vss. 1, 2, and 5 are as sung at Queen's College, Cambridge.

Source of text: Vss. 3 & 4 from a Boar's Head carol of BM MS Addit. 5665, c.1500.

Comment(s): This collection includes prayers, collects, and lessons for use in a service of lessons and carols.

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