Christmas songs arranged and composed by some of G. Schirmer’s most important composers, including John Jacob Niles, Geoffrey O’Hara and Virgil Thomson.
Contents: The Birthday of a King (Neidlinger) • Cantique de Noel (Adam) • The Christ-Child Lives (Davis) • Christmas at the Cloisters (Corigliano) • Christmas Candle (Warren) • Come to the Stable with Jesus (O’Hara) • The First Christmas (Dougherty) • I Wonder As I Wander (Niles) • Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (Niles) • Jesus of Nazareth (Gounod) • Joseph, Dearest Joseph (Lockwood) • Mary’s Soliloquy (Effinger) • Noel, Noel, Bells Are Ringing (Chenoweth) • The Repose of the Holy Family (Berloiz) • The Star of Bethlehem (Adams) • Sung by the Shepherds (Thomson) • There’s a Song in the Air (Speaks) • The Twelve Days of Christmas • What Child Is This (Wolff) • What Songs Were Sung (Niles).