Coventry carol
( Bye, bye, lully, lullay ; Lullay, Thou little tiny Child )
Arr.: Pfohl, Henry (born in 19..) [ USA ]
Edition
Published by
National Music Publishers
[USA]
, 1992
Ref. :
CC-126
(10 p.)
, "Westminster Choir College music series"
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
20th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Christmas carol ; Lullaby ; Hymn (sacred)
Mood of the piece:
subdued
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
B flat minor
Duration:
3.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Christmas
Number of verses:
4
Origin:
England
Musicological Sources:
Coventry Pageant
Source of text:
Coventry Corpus Christi plays
Data about the life of the work:
Among the Coventry Corpus Christi plays performed by local guilds and sponsored by Queen Margaret of England in 1456 and later by Henry VII in 1492, was one entitled, Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. A scene in this pageant portrays the women of Bethlehem singing this old lullaby carol just before Herod's soldiers come in to slaughter their children. The text and music of the Coventry Carol now in use is not th eoriginal but is of early origin. The text was written by Robert Croo, in 1534. The melody originated in 1591 when the Coventry Pageant was again winning public favor.
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
Perf. Coll. # 1736A (30 copies)