| Description |
1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Veritas |
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Veritas (London, England)
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| Note |
Sung in English, Middle English and Latin. |
| Performer |
Waverly Consort ; Michael Jaffee, various instruments, director ; with assisting instrumentalists. |
| Event |
Recorded June 13-16, 1994, at Sommer Center Performance Hall, Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes and texts in original languages with English translations on container insert. |
| Contents |
Gloucestershire wassail / trad. English (4:09) -- Gloria in excelsis / R. Cowper (3:41) -- Gabriel, fram heven-king / English, 13th c. (4:54) -- Campanis cum cymbalis ; Honoremus dominam / English motet, 13th c. (3:30) -- Ave mundi rosa / English cantilena, 14th c. (3:08) -- Verbum Patris hodie / "Benedicamus" trope of the Sarum rite (2:11) -- Bethlehem / W. Billings (4:32) -- Exultation / American shape-note hymn, 1854 (3:14) -- Star in the East / American shape-note hymn, 1859 (5:25) -- Shiloh / W. Billings (2:40) -- Ther is no rose of swych virtu / English carol, 15th c. (3:46) -- This endris night I saw a sight / trad. English ballad carol (5:06) -- Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child : "The Coventry carol" / English, 15th c. (3:39) -- The darkest midnight in December / trad. Irish (4:24) -- A "wassail" suite. The old yeare now away is fled, or "Greensleeves" ; Instrumental variations on "Greensleeves" ; The Leeds and Yorkshire wassails : Here we come awassailing / trad. English (8:28). |
| Subject |
Christmas music.
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Carols.
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Sacred vocal music.
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| Added Author |
Jaffee, Michael, 1938- Conductor. Performer.
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| Standard No. |
2435551932 |
| Music No. |
CDC 5 55193 2 0 Virgin |
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