While shepherds watched their flocks - Thomas Ravenscroft - Score

While shepherds watched their flocks (1592)

( Fear not, said he ; To you in David's town ; Thus spake the Seraph ; The heavenly Babe ; All glory be to God on high )

Arr.: Ravenscroft, Thomas (1592?-1635) [ England ]

Text by Tate, Nahum (1652-1715) [Ireland]

Edition

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

Number of pages : 2

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

Type of material: Close score

ISMN/ISBN : 0193532212

Description

Text in: English

Epoque: 16th century (1550-1599)

Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Christmas carol ; Hymn (sacred)

Type of Choir: SATB + cong OR SATB (4 mixed voices )

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

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

Tonality: F major

Duration: 1.5 min.

Liturgical Use: Christmas

Number of verses: 6

Musicological Sources: alternative version harmonized by T. Ravenscroft, 1621 ; Este's Psalter, 1592

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

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While shepherds watched their flocks (1592)

( Fear not, said he ; To you in David's town ; Thus spake the Seraph ; The heavenly Babe ; All glory be to God on high )

Arr.: Ravenscroft, Thomas (1592?-1635) [ England ]

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