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Christmas Carols: From Village Green to Church Choir
Andrew Gant
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Description for Christmas Carols: From Village Green to Church Choir
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; AVGD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 271 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Everyone loves a Christmas carol - in the end, even Scrooge. They have the power to summon up a special kind of midwinter mood, like the aroma of mince pies and mulled wine and the twinkle of lights on a tree. It's a kind of magic. But how did they get that magic? In Christmas Carols Andrew Gant tells the story of some twenty carols, each accompanied by lyrics and music, unravelling a captivating - and often surprising - tale of great musicians and thinkers, saints and pagans, shepherd boys, choirboys, monks and drunks. We delve into ... Read more
Everyone loves a Christmas carol - in the end, even Scrooge. They have the power to summon up a special kind of midwinter mood, like the aroma of mince pies and mulled wine and the twinkle of lights on a tree. It's a kind of magic. But how did they get that magic? In Christmas Carols Andrew Gant tells the story of some twenty carols, each accompanied by lyrics and music, unravelling a captivating - and often surprising - tale of great musicians and thinkers, saints and pagans, shepherd boys, choirboys, monks and drunks. We delve into ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781253533
SKU
V9781781253533
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About Andrew Gant
Andrew Gant is a composer, choirmaster, church musician, university teacher and writer. He has directed many leading choirs including The Guards' Chapel, Worcester College Oxford, and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal. He lectures in Music at St Peter's College in Oxford, where he lives with his wife and their three children. His books for Profile are Christmas Carols andO Sing Unto ... Read more
Reviews for Christmas Carols: From Village Green to Church Choir
Andrew Gant provides us with a fluent but flinty digest of the modern scholarship concerning 22 of our favourite seasonal songs.
Kathryn Hughes
The Guardian
Gant's detective-story accounts of 22 Christmas melodies is a delight
Christopher Hart
Sunday Times
Scholarly but conversational in in tone and rich in picturesque detail.
Kirsty McClusky
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Kathryn Hughes
The Guardian
Gant's detective-story accounts of 22 Christmas melodies is a delight
Christopher Hart
Sunday Times
Scholarly but conversational in in tone and rich in picturesque detail.
Kirsty McClusky
... Read more