While shepherds watched their flocks

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

Arr.: Willcocks, David (1919-2015) [ Great Britain ]

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

Edition

Published by Oxford University Press USA [USA] ; Oxford University Press [Great Britain] , 1970 ; in Carols for choirs 2 : 50 carols for Christmas and Advent (224 p.)

Number of pages : 2

Editor or author of the restitution: Rutter, John ; Willcocks, David

Type of material: Close score

ISMN/ISBN : 0193535653

Description

Text in: English

Epoque: 16 ; 20th century

Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Christmas carol

Type of Choir: SATB (4 mixed voices )

Instrumentation: Keyboard (1 instrumental part(s))

Instruments: Organ (1)

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

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

Tonality: F major

Duration: 2.5 min.

Liturgical Use: Christmas ; Christmas Vigil

Number of verses: 6

Musicological Sources: Este's Psalter, 1592

Biblical references: Psalms

Source of text: New...Psalms of David (Brady & Tate, 1774)

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

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