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Ave Rex .- Sir Christèmas

( Nowell, nowell ; Who is there that singeth so ; Dieu vous garde, beaux sieurs ; Christ is now born of a pure maid ; Buvez bien, buvez bien )

... from Ave Rex, a carol sequence commissioned by the Cardiff Polyphonic Choir ...

Mathias, William James (1934-1992) [ Wales ; Great Britain ]

Text by Anonyme (1500)
Edition
Published by Oxford University Press USA [USA] ; Oxford University Press [Great Britain] , 1970
Ref. : X207  (6 p.) , "Oxford choral songs"
Type of material: Full score
ISMN/ISBN : 0193430088
 
Description
Text in: English + adapted in French
Epoque: 20th century  (1950-1999)
Genre-Style-Form: Christmas song ; Sacred ; Christmas carol
Mood of the piece: festive ; lively
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation: Keyboard  (1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments: Organ (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: A major ; A minor
Duration: 1.5 min.
Liturgical Use: Christmas
Number of verses: 4
Musicological Sources: Scored for various instrumental forces
Source of text: traditional English carol
 

LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA

Strasbourg, France

Bureau de Musica International
Tel.: +33 (0)3 88 36 17 54.
Consultable under : Noëls

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. # 1234   (58 copies)

Wetzlar, Germany

Deutsches Centrum für Chormusik
Siegmund-Hiepe Str. 28-32 / D-35579 Wetzlar
Tel. (+49) (0)6431-9717271. Email : kontakt@chorwelt.info . Web: https://www.dcfc.de