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ON ANGELS’ WINGS
The Fagus Carol Book
(From the Publisher’s Preface)
One may well query the need for yet another book of carols. However, the desirability of the present publication became clear to me at Christmas 2005 when I decided to attempt to freshen up my own choir’s Christmas repertoire.
I imagine that, across the country, there will be many choirs like mine, keen and reasonably competent, more or less balanced in 4 parts and able to sing simple music unaccompanied, but with limited rehearsal time, and usually without a separate conductor, not able safely to perform more complex music. (It should hardly need saying that it is infinitely preferable to do straightforward music well than to come to grief in something more demanding.)
So I was trying to satisfy the following criteria:
No more difficult than say, a four part hymn + descant
Not too complex an organ part
Not too saccharine (with facile enharmonic modulations)
Not in syncopated rhythms that usually don’t work on the organ, or in a resonant acoustic
‘A capella’ settings should be allowed an optional accompaniment
Despite having a large library of Christmas music I found great difficulty in finding suitable items. Some that were useful had been done frequently before. Many were noticeably old-fashioned, many were far too complex or needlessly extravagant in demand. I then realised that this represented an opportunity. I decided to send out a ‘challenge’ to Fagus composers (and would-be composers) to come up with material which attempted to follow the brief. In the event I was absolutely delighted to receive a considerable number of highly acceptable items. In the end, because of their high quality, I have included one or two pieces which are a little more difficult. I felt that to keep things manageable it was advisable to restrict the issue to 24 pieces. I also wanted to include three reissues of memorable items from the former Oecumuse lists. In the event a few submissions have had to be held over, and if this issue is successful there may be a second volume.
Geoffrey Atkinson, Summer 2006
ON ANGELS’ WINGS
CONTENTS
Please observe carefully the purchase options
1 Buy the whole book outright:
One copy £15.00
Five or more copies £11.50 each
Please note that the printing of bulk orders for the whole book will need to be outsourced so you should allow 14-21 days for delivery
2 Buy individual items
50p per page
3 Accept the offer of a ‘licence to print’
This costs 12.5p per page. You can keep the copies and use them at any time, just as though you had bought them in the traditional way
In this instance the master copy can be sent via pdf
If still confused please phone or send an e-mail.
Last updated: 03/03/24 14:05:35