• One of the most beautiful Christmas Carols volumes ever produced.
• This large-format hardcover volume is Carols for Christmas, compiled and arranged by David Willcocks for The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Format: illustrated collection songbook and vocal score for solo singer, choir, and piano, with traditional carols arranged for unison or four-part voices and optional piano accompaniment or piano solo performance.
• Contents: forty-one classic Christmas hymns and carols, including Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Little Town of Bethlehem, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Good Christian Men Rejoice, Angels We Have Heard on High, Silent Night, Lo How a Rose, Joy to the World, The First Nowell, The Twelve Days of Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, We Three Kings, God Rest You Merry, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
• Each selection provides melody line, full choral harmonization, complete English lyrics, and standard key and time signatures, making the book suitable for congregational use, choir programs, family singing, or individual holiday piano repertoire.
• Front matter includes an introduction discussing the history and traditions of Christmas carols; back matter provides acknowledgments, a detailed list of illustrations, and an index of first lines for quick reference.
• The book is richly illustrated throughout with color reproductions of paintings, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, sculpture, textiles, and other works of Christian art from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and related collections.
• Published in 1983 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Holt, Rinehart and Winston; music engraving by Chapman Associates with book design by Peter Oldenburg.
• Printed and bound by A. Mondadori in Verona, Italy, featuring blue cloth boards with gilt angel emblem under a decorative full-color dust jacket.
• ISBN: 0-87099-345-3 (Metropolitan Museum of Art edition); ISBN: 0-03-064044-X (Holt, Rinehart and Winston edition).

• Condition: Hardcover songbook with original dust jacket showing light only light signs of handling and mild edge and corner bumps. Glossy jacket artwork remains bright with no tears or missing pieces. Blue cloth boards underneath are clean with clear gilt titles and emblem. Binding is tight and square. Interior pages are crisp, unmarked, and free of folds or tears, with music notation and artwork sharp and fully legible.

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