The animals' carol
(1987)
( Hodie, hodie, Christus natus est. )
... Winner, 1989 International Carol Writing Competition, The Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...
Edition
Ref. :
TC-124
(12 p.)
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
English
; Latin
Epoque:
20th century
(1950-1999)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Christmas carol
Mood of the piece:
fast ; festive ; mystical ; slow
Type of Choir:
SA (2 boy choir OR children OR women voices )
Soloist(s):
SS (2 soloist(s))
Instrumentation:
Keyboard
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
C minor
Duration:
7.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Christmas
Source of text:
Charles Causley, Collected Poems (Macmillan London Ltd.: London, 1992), pp. 265-267
Comment(s):
Macaronic text. Full text of Carol and English translation of Latin, brief biography of Williams included.