The Oxford Book of Carols (Music and Words edition).
by Dearmer, Percy; R. Vaughan Williams and Martin Shaw
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London New York Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xxix 491 pages. The jacket is foxed, has loss at the head and tail of the spine and is chipped at the edges. The body of the book is clean, unmarked and solid. "The Oxford Book of Carols is a collection of vocal scores of Christmas carols and carols of other seasons. It was first published in 1928 by Oxford University Press and was edited by Percy Dearmer, Martin Shaw and Ralph Vaughan Williams. It became a widely used source of carols among choirs and church congregations in Britain. Vaughan Williams was a noted composer and arranger of music in the Anglican Church and a founder member of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. He was a scholar of English folk-song and his music was greatly influenced by traditional folk forms.[1] Vaughan Williams had collaborated with Percy Dearmer on the production of the English Hymnal, which was published in 1906, and as with this hymnal, The Oxford Book of Carols favoured traditional folk tunes and polyphonic arrangements of carols, instead of the Victorian hymn tunes that Vaughan Williams considered to be over-sentimental and Germanic in tone. Vaughan Williams in particular drew on music from his own childhood and his scholarship of English folk music, and was driven by his conviction that the music of ordinary people should be valued. The Oxford Book of Carols has been reprinted many times. It was re-engraved and reset in a slightly larger format in 1964, at which time some of the medieval carols were re-edited. The most recent impression is dated 26 January 1984 and is still in print." (Wikipedia)
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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020421
- Title
- The Oxford Book of Carols (Music and Words edition).
- Author
- Dearmer, Percy; R. Vaughan Williams and Martin Shaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London New York Toronto
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Keywords
- Christmas Carols The Oxford Book of Carols
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