Product Description

A second collection of 50 carols, mostly for SATB, some unaccompanied, and some having accompaniments for piano, or organ, or orchestra, or brass ensemble. Many of the carols are from traditional sources, rearranged: among the items composed especially for this volume are carols by William Walton, Benjamin Britten, Richard Rodney Bennett, and William Mathias. Instrumental material for most of the accompanied items is available on hire. Eight Carol Accompaniments for 5 and 8-part brass (from CfC1 and CfC2) are on sale.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2115 in Books
• Published on: 1970-07-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent selection of varied carols for all ages
This book has been well laid out and is easy to read and follow the music. The selection of caols will appeal to many, both old and young. It is used in our school choir for the boys as well as the adults.

A choral classic
Very surprised to see that there's no review for this (presumably because most potential punters and reviewers already have a dog-eared copy). Carols for Choirs 1 & 2 are pretty much guaranteed to be on any British chorister's bookshelf, and many Christmas concerts or Nine Lessons and Carols services will have about three-quarters of their content taken from these. Some of the arrangements of well-known carols are quite complicated, so may need more rehearsal than you might think. Volume 2 is where John Rutter took over from Reginald Jacques, so does have quite a lot of his work - though not "What Sweeter Music", alas. The rowdy / non-religious side of Christmas is represented, with versions of Deck the Hall and the Twelve Days of Christmas for example (both book 2).

Carols for Choirs 2
I was very pleased to receive a copy of CfC 2 from the seller that was in outstanding condition, as good as new. The condition was as good as the seller described it and completed my set of the Carols for Choirs music published by OUP. The service given by the seller was good, the product arriving within the timescale notified to me.