Sheet Music
Messiah highlights and other Christmas music : a selection of music by Handel, Bach, Berlioz, Britten, and others
Publication Information
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art and H. Holt & Co., c1987.
Physical Description
1 score (120 p.) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Choruses with acc. originally principally for orchestra, arr. for piano, and carols for SATB (in close score).
Includes index.
Illustrated with art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Contents
- Highlights from Messiah
- Ev'ry valley shall be exalted ; And the glory of the Lord ; O thou that tellest good tidings ; For unto us a child is born ; Glory to God in the highest ; He shall feed his flock ; Hallelujah / by George Frideric Handel
- Selections from Christmas oratorios and other holiday music. Ah! dearest Jesus,holy Child ; Break forth, O beauteous, heavenly light : from the Christmas Oratorio / by Johann Sebastian Bach. A New Year carol / by Benjamin Britten. The shepherds' farewell : from L'enfance du Christ / by Hector Berlioz
- Blessed be that Maid
- King Jesus hath a garden
- A Virgin most pure
- Unto us is born a Son
- The infant King
- In dulci jubilo
- He is born = Il est né
- The seven joys of Mary
- As with gladness
- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
- The cherry tree carol.