Bramley & Stainer : Christmas Carols New & Old

A beautiful collection of Christmas carols published in London in the 19th century!

Lyrics edited by : Rev. Henry Ramsden Bramley (1833-1917).

Music edited by : Sir John Stainer (1840-1901).

Complete title : Christmas Carols New and Old; The Words edited by the Rev. Henry Ramsden Bramley, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Saint Mary Magdalen College, Oxford. The Music edited by Sir John Stainer, M.A., Mus.Doc., of the same College.

With the publication of Christmas Carols New and Old, Bramley and Stainer greatly contributed to the revival of the Christmas carol in the nineteenth century.

A first series of 20 carols was published in the 1860's.

A second series of 22 carols followed in 1871.

Finally, the third series of 28 carols was issued in 1878.

These books had a tremendous influence both on the clergy and on the general public, as they provided keyboard arrangements, complete lyrics and tasteful illustrations of traditional carols in the English language.

Composer	Title	Key	Difficulty
(Anonymous)	A Child This Day Is Born	D Major	Grade 4/12
(Anonymous)	A Virgin Unspotted	F Major	Grade 6/12
(Anonymous)	God rest you, merry Gentlemen -- Urtext	E minor	Grade 6/12
(Anonymous)	Good Christian Men, Rejoice -- Urtext	F Major	Grade 5/12
(Anonymous)	Good King Wenceslas	A Major	Grade 4/12
(Anonymous)	The Coventry Carol	G minor	Grade 4/12
(Anonymous)	The First Nowell -- Urtext	D Major	Grade 5/12
(Anonymous)	The Holly And The Ivy (Old French Carol)	D minor	Grade 6/12
(Anonymous)	The Seven Joys of Mary	G Major	Grade 4/12
(Anonymous)	What Child Is This?	E minor	Grade 5/12
Barnby	'Twas in the Winter Cold	D Major	Grade 5/12
Brown, A.H.	When Christ Was Born of Mary Free	G Major	Grade 6/12
Dykes	On the Birthday of the Lord	D Major	Grade 5/12
Dykes	Sleep, Holy Babe	E flat Major	Grade 5/12
Elvey	Come, Ye Lofty	D Major	Grade 5/12
Goss	See Amid The Winter's Snow	G Major	Grade 5/12
Hamerton	Waken! Christian Children	G Major	Grade 2/12
Hopkins	We Three Kings of Orient Are	E minor	Grade 4/12
Ouseley	Carol for Christmas Eve	C Major	Grade 6/12
Ouseley	Come! Tune Your Heart	E flat Major	Grade 5/12
Stainer	Jesu Hail! O God Most Holy	E flat Major	Grade 6/12
Steggall	The Manger Throne	D Major	Grade 6/12
Tiddeman	Glorious, Beauteous, Golden-Bright	D Major	Grade 7/12