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A Festival of Village Carols - Music Books

The Big Set, the legendary Quire and Band which used to travel round the district with their music. Seen here at Outibridge in about 1906.

The Sheffield Book of Village Carols
Casebound ISBN 0-9524871-3-6

TEMPORARILY OUT OF PRINT

THIS COLLECTION of 44 carols makes available music that has previously been locked away in private family manuscripts, thereby opening up a door to a whole new dimension of sound. The performance of these carols to the grandeur of a full instrumental accompaniment has been a feature of the Festival of Village Carols since 1994. This music provides the means to create such performances - set in full score with most carols in four voice parts, three string parts, and a keyboard reduction. Moreover, the parts have been transposed to fall within the range of normal voices. It should be stressed that performance is also successful with keyboard accompaniment or sung a cappella. 

This book contains all those Carols in previous publications, as detailed below.    
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The first collection of South Yorkshire village carols to provide both traditional voice and instrumental parts, based on the manuscripts of a legendary carol band, who were known as the Big Set.

Transcribed and arranged by Ian Russell
Unstone, Sheffield: Village Carols, 1994, 60 pages, GBP 5.00 (plus GBP 1.50 postage)
ISBN 0 9524871 0 1

This collection includes superb South Yorkshire carols, such as 'Realms of Glory' and 'Portugal', along with the classic solo 'The Christmas Tree'.  Set in 4 voice and 3 instrumental parts plus keyboard.

Transcribed and arranged by Ian Russell
Unstone, Sheffield: Village Carols, 1996, 56 pages, GBP 5.00 (plus GBP 1.50 postage)
ISBN 0 9524871 1 X

3.  A Festival of Village Carols
A First Collection of Carols from the Derbyshire Peak District

This collection includes delightful and unusual carols from Castleton, Eyam, Foolow, and Hathersage, in 2 and 4 voices, some with keyboard/instrumental parts.

Transcribed and arranged by Ian Russell
Sheffield: Village Carols, 2000, 28 pages, GBP 4.00 (plus GBP 1.50 postage)
ISBN 0 9524871 2 8

>> OUT OF PRINT AND NOT NOW AVAILABLE <<

A Festival of Village Carols - Recordings on CD

This recording of the 1994 festival at Grenoside, made by the National Sound Archive, is available in cassette and CD format. Each sale includes a donation to the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council. Features contributions from the Coal Aston, Ecclesfield, Hathersage and Oughtibridge Carollers.

Stereo Dolby -- C74 chrome cassette or CD -- VCF101   [unfortunately unavailable].

This recording of the 1996 festival at Grenoside was also made by the National Sound Archive. It is available on CD only and each sale includes a donation to Western Park Hospital Cancer Appeal in memory of Cyril Latimer (1910-1990), who led the carolling at the Fountain Inn, Ingbirchworth, for over 30 years. Features the Beeston, Castlwton, Dungworth and Ingbirchworth Carollers.

Stereo Dolby -- C74 chrome cassette or CD -- VCF102   [a few copies still available].

Village Carols VCF102 CD - GBP 10.00 (plus GBP 1.50 postage)
Not available as a Cassette

English Village Carols
Traditional Christmas Carolling from the Southern Pennines
Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40476

This is a quality compilation on CD of recordings from eleven different locations published by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

GBP 11.00 (plus GBP 1.50 postage)

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2009 Blue Ball Inn CD

Break Forth in Song!
Village Carols from the Blue Ball Inn, Worrall
Village Carols CD VC011

For further information, including contents of CD, link here to separate page.