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  Facts about topic: (Carol (music))   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Today the carol is represented almost exclusively by the Christmas carol (Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ), and to a much lesser extent by the Easter carol, however despite their present association with religion, this has not always been the case.
The word carol is thought to have been derived from the French (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) word caroller, a circle dance accompanied by singers (in turn derived from the Latin (Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome) choraula).
Nonetheless, carols did not regain their former popularity until a revival in the 19th century (additional info and facts about 19th century) when many surviving non-religious carols were re-discovered and arranged for church use with new Christian lyrics.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/carol_(music).htm   (324 words)

  
 Welcome to Zola Van .com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Coventry Carol: the Holy Innocents ­ 16th Century English -  Mystery plays, performed in the streets on stages upon carts, were popular in the 1300’s and enjoyed by Margaret, Queen of Henry VI in 1456, by Richard III in 1484 and by Henry VII in 1492.
Carol of the Birds ­ Bas-Quercy, France - Carol of the Birds is also known by its first line of lyrics, “Whence comes this rush of wings?” Because nature was created pure and beautiful, the peasants composed many carols depicting animals, trees and flowers.
Huron Carol ­ Indian/Canadian - From the chilling north winds of wintertime in 1643 this emotional and haunting tune “Iesous Ahatonnia” rises with the long ago and distant Indian voices of the Huron droning: “Have courage, you are human, Jesus is born.
www.zolavan.com /Pages/theMusic3.php3   (1680 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Carol Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Today the carol is typified by the Christmas carol, and to a lesser extent by the Easter carol.
Following the banning of religious festivities during the Protestant Reformation, when carol writing eventually resumed in the late 17th century the new carols generally resembled hymns, sung more frequently in churches than in ale houses, while non-religious carols were often given new Christian lyrics.
In modern times, songs that may once have been regarded as carols are now classified as songs (especially Christmas songs), even those that retain the attributes of a carol - celebrating a seasonal topic, alternating verses and chorus, and danceable music.
www.ipedia.com /carol.html   (274 words)

  
 Christmas Carols - Sheet Music for Harp and Voice
This medieval English carol is a lullaby to the children of Bethlehem who were slaughtered by King Herod in his attempt to kill the newborn King.
This traditional carol is arranged for lever harp and voice, with the harp playing a counter-melody to the voice through the piece and interweaving beautifully in the "Gloria!" refrain.
This is the traditional Christmas carol to the tune of "Greensleeves," arranged for lever harp and voice.
valkyriepub.tripod.com /singlecarols.htm   (602 words)

  
 THE COVENTRY CAROL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Coventry Carol (often called The Lullay Song) actually is not a Christmas carol because the words refer to Jesus as an infant, and are not actually to do with the birth itself.
Therefore, an old carol like "Lullay" offers us a rare opportunity to understand what was most important to the less educated people in the past...since they did not write their feelings down.
There are some carols about drinking and fighting, but the majority are associated with the leading religious feasts of the year, and most of those refer to Christmas.
members.tripod.com /%7Epg4anna/coventry-carol.htm   (373 words)

  
 Coventry Carol, The   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Coventry Carol was originally found in the Coventry Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, a mystery (miracle) play of the fourteenth or fifteenth century.
The Coventry cycle did not survive; we have only two plays (that of the Shearmen and Tailors and that of the Weavers), from a manuscript dated 1591 -- and even this was burned in 1879, leaving us dependent on bad transcriptions from 1817 and 1825.
In a further irony, even though the Coventry Carol is the only part of the Mysteries to be known to the general public (unless they encountered the Second Shepherd's Play of the Wakefield cycle in a literature class), the Coventry Pageant itself is rarely published.
www.csufresno.edu /folklore/ballads/OBC022.html   (566 words)

  
 Coventry Carol - Version 1
’The Coventry Carol’ was included in the "Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors." Although the composer is unknown, the text was written in 1534 by Robert Croo.
The only surviving source of this carol is the rough facsimile of the 1591 manuscript published by Thomas Sharp in his Disseration on the Pageants at Coventry (1825), where it is found, together with the Shepherds’ Carol ‘As I outrode’ as part of the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors.
The Coventry plays were witnessed by Margaret, Queen of Henry VI, in 1456, by Richard III in 1484, by Henry VII in 1492, and we hear of the Smiths’ play being performed in 1584, which brings us near to the date where the tune appears.
www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com /Hymns_and_Carols/coventry_carol-1.htm   (1035 words)

  
 icCoventry - Coventry Carol makes it into top 10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Coventry Carol originated in the city in the Middle Ages and is based on the massacre of the babies of Bethlehem by King Herod.
The carol is a lament by the parents of the babies and dates back to the 15th century medieval pageants performed by tradesmen’s guilds in the city.
It is often performed at Christmas by the Coventry Cathedral Choir and was sung in a feature-length animated film of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, released in 2001.
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 Coventry Evening Telegraph (England): Remember when . . . ?: City carol comes in from the cold.(Features)@ HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
"Yet born, bred and schooled in Coventry, I continued to be unaware of one of the oldest carols - originating from my home town - until comparatively recently."
He says the Coventry Carol wasn't included in the standard volume...
The above preview is from Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), December 19, 2003.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:111468296&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (222 words)

  
 CVC's Coventry Carol Page
The Coventry Carol, with its well-known 'Lully, lullay' refrain, correctly speaking, is not a Christmas carol because the words refer to Jesus as an infant, and are not concerned with the birth itself.
The carol was one of the main forms of popular music in medieval Europe.
Therefore, an old carol like "Lullay" offers us a rare opportunity to understand what most weighed on the minds of the less educated people in the past...since they did not write their feelings down.
www.cvc.org /christmas/coventry.htm   (474 words)

  
 The Great Gildersleeve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The beautiful, traditional English "Coventry Carol" became a Gildersleeve Christmas tradition, sung by Birdie on Christmas Eve for many years.
Technically speaking, it's not actually a Christmas Carol since its subject is not the nativity, but the Slaughter of the Innocents by King Herod.
The song was written for Coventry's "Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors." It was sung as a lullaby by the women of Bethlehem, just before King Herod's men arrived to slaughter the children.
www.ethomsen.com /gildy   (1215 words)

  
 Coventry Carol
According to the classic work, Richard Leighton Greene's 'The Early English Carol', 'a carol is a song of joy originally accompanying a dance...
[1998:] [...] the magical moment in the Coventry mystery plays where, as the massacre of the innocents begins, the stage direction says 'the Women come in with their children, singing' and what they sing is that most haunting of all carols, Lullay, lullay, thou littel tine child.
The carol lulls the mothers, audience and the children in their laps, announcing 'the possibility of security and bliss', but it doesn't prevent the massacre of the baby boys in the play.
www.mysongbook.de /msb/songs/c/coventry.html   (277 words)

  
 Sent to Coventry (orig. posted May 2002)
In this case the citizens of Coventry were in a phase of hating the military, possibly also as a result of the Civil War.
Such was this hate that the young women of the town were forbidden to speak to the soldiers garrisoned there.
It is suggested that the name Coventry is derived from Covin-tree, an oak which is supposed to have stood in front of the castle in feudal times.
www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/14/messages/55.html   (422 words)

  
 Item #8897561FK - Coventry Carol - Concert Band
This beloved Old English carol simply glows in this sensitive, yet dramatic treatment by Mark Williams.
Publisher: "Coventry Carol" was published by Alfred Publishing Company.
Questions: If you have any questions about "Coventry Carol", or would like to ask a sales representative about another product, call us toll free at (800) 819-3055.
www.superdupermusic.com /8897561.html   (350 words)

  
 Coventry Carol
The words and lyrics of the' Coventry Carol' were written by Robert Croo in 1534 for the traditional Coventry Plays and included in the Pageant of the Shearman and Tailors Guild which depicted Herod's slaughter of the innocents.
The composer of the music is unknown but is also believed to date back to the 1500's.
Henry Ramsden Bramley (1833-1917) and John Stainer (1840-1901) were the first to attribute the Coventry Carol which they included in 'Christmas Carols New and Old' in 1878..
www.carols.org.uk /a11-coventry-carol.htm   (98 words)

  
 guidedhits.com : List Matches for "coventry carol piano"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 A Coventry Carol : "Nightowls of Coventry" captures a bygone era :: The Cleveland Free Times :: Cleveland's ...
A Coventry Carol : "Nightowls of Coventry" captures a bygone era
Shot here in its entirety (on Super 16mm and not cut-rate digital video) for under $500,000 raised through private investors and grants, it's Cleveland Heights filmmaker Laura Paglin's comic-tragic homage to the Coventry Road community in the early 1970s, when the hippies were on their way out and the yuppies on their way in.
Nightowls of Coventry was shot in 1999; during the long road to post-production, Coventry Road's Co-op Grocery store has closed, as has the street's onetime indie-movie theater, the Centrum, and a succession of funky vegetarian/ethnic restaurants.
www.freetimes.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2599   (779 words)

  
 WKSU: Coventry Carol - Pete Huttlinger
He says "yes" to every request to perform at a charitable cause; he is eager to help any guitar student; and is ready to accept any challenge.
In fact, he was one of the first to turn in his "Ornaments" homework assignment; his completely original recording of "Coventry Carol," embellished with strings, was in our hands by June.
A sought after session musician in Nashville, Pete prefers the chance to pursue purely artistic opportunities, as you'll witness with his contribution to the program.
www.wksu.org /ornaments2001/coventrycarol.html   (157 words)

  
 Christmas Collections - Piano Solo Collections (Intermediate-Advanced)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Carols and Candles - Late intermediate/early advanced Arrangements by Kris Kropff - Contents: O Holy Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem, What Child is This, Joseph Dearest, O Come O Come Emmanuel, Lo How a Rose E're Blooming, O Tannenbaum, Jesus Jesus Rest Your Head, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, Silent Night, Still Still Still..
Carols for Piano - John Carter - Contents: Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming, Go Tell it On the Mountain, Of the Father's Love Begotten, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, He is Born, Joy to the World, The First Noel..
Includes: Adoramus Te, Angels We Have Heard on High, Coventry Carol, Deck the Hall, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, He Is Born the Divine Christ Child, Infant Holy Infant Lowly, O Come O Come Emmanuel, We Wish You a Merry Christmas..
www.piano-pal.com /xps.htm   (3838 words)

  
 Coventry Carol at Musicroom.com - Sheet Music for Musicians - Search Results
There are 93 titles that match your search term Coventry Carol as a Song.
The volumes of Carols For Choirs have established themselves as the quintessential carol books for carol-singers around the world.
A bumper collection of all-time favourite Christmas songs and carols, including I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Frosty The Snowman, Winter Wonderland, The Holly And The Ivy and O Christmas Tree.
www.musicroom.com /search.aspx?searchtype=songtitle&songid=46991   (318 words)

  
 SantaSearch - [ Coventry Carol, The ]
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www.santasearch.org /music.asp?PID=2&AudioID=1279   (139 words)

  
 Great Gildersleeve Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
And music transcends divisions of race and class when Birdie sings "The Coventry Carol" every Christmas.
On a personal note, I especially enjoy the music on the program because it reminds me of my mother, who would have been a contemporary of Marjorie, and who loved to sing.
If you get interested in the music of the Great Gildersleeve, the links to Amazon may be of interest to help you find some recordings of some of these songs.
www.ethomsen.com /gildy/music.html   (1324 words)

  
 Christmas Music
10 favourite carols arranged for 1 or 2 clarinets and piano, or clarinet duet.
30 traditional carols arranged for two, three and four flutes, and flute and piano.
A medley of early carols, including The Coventry Carol, The Sussex Carol, Past Three o'clock and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
members.aol.com /PhoenixMus/xmas.htm   (669 words)

  
 Al Petteway & Amy White -- Coventry Carol -- Pat-a-Pan
Al and Amy "fell in love" with Coventry Carol, but were a bit hesitant when they saw that John Floridis had included it in a medley he'd already recorded for Ornaments.
In a flurry of fun (even silly, at times) e-mails with our producer, we assured them that their treatment of Coventry Carol wouldn't be redundant, as John used it as a second melody, and their arrangement would likely be very different, in any case.
What a wonderful way to follow up our special moment with Pete Seeger than to segue into the hauntingly beautiful, luxuriously contemplative sounds of their Coventry Carol.
www.wksu.org /ornaments2000/petteway_white.html   (229 words)

  
 Coventry Carol (Brass Band)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Concert Overture (Brass Band), Coventry Carol (Brass Band) Concert Pitch Score, Coventry Carol (Brass Quartet Version), Coventry Carol (Jnr School Brass Group), Entrada (Brass Band), Fanfare for an Occasion (Brass Band), Lullaby (Brass Band), Midnight Ride (Brass Band), Millennium Fanfare (Brass Band), Tromba Tango (Brass Band)
This piece is certainly playable by young bands, but is also worth a look by advanced bands looking for a nice carol setting for the Christmas season.
I see some notes in the 3rd cornet that might be tough for young bands, in particular the low A's might be a little muddy but certainly playable.
www.sibeliusmusic.com /cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=28162   (284 words)

  
 Lyrics And Songs : Lyrics - Coventry Carol by MCKENNITT LOREENA from album UNKNOWN (Free Words of the song)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
You are viewing lyrics of Coventry Carol by MCKENNITT LOREENA from the album UNKNOWN at LyricsAndSongs.COM
The Lyrics above are to Coventry Carol and are (Mostly correct, Yet...
The Lyrics seem to be the lyrics to Coventry Carol But they are (Wrong)
www.lyricsandsongs.com /song/361438.html   (487 words)

  
 No. 1585: Dissonance
y wife I and were playing a CD of medieval, Renaissance, and Appalachian Christmas music in the car when we heard a completely unexpected dissonance in the Coventry Carol arrangement.
Here is a version of the Coventry Carol that you can listen to on the Web, but without that wonderful dissonance.
The Coventry Carol with the dissonance word underlined in each verse:
www.uh.edu /engines/epi1585.htm   (628 words)

  
 Coventry Carol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Coventry Carol, with its well-known 'Lully, lullay' refrain,
in Coventry, depicted Herod's slaughter of the innocent children.
The Coventry Carol certainly falls into that category.
www.bardstown.com /~mtipton/christmas/coventry.htm   (286 words)

  
 The Brass Crest ~ News: Coventry City Carol Concert
The Coventry City Corps has temporarily relocated to the Methodist Central Hall, so this year's Carol Concert was also moved from its normal venue at the Belgrade Theatre to the Central Hall.
The concert was presented on 12 December 2004, with the band opening the festivities with Erik Leidzén's classic Christmas Joy.
This was illustrated by members of the Corps representing each of the gifts, although some of the gifts were a bit lacking in the necessary numbers (except the Drummers drumming, enthusiastically augmented by some of the younger Corps members).
www.brasscrest.com /news/archives/000149.html   (258 words)

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