The Oxford Book of Descants

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The Oxford Book of Descants is a definitive collection of 102 descants to well-known hymns, carols, and worship songs. It features descants by a wide range of composers, including contemporary names such as David Willcocks, John Rutter, Malcolm Archer, and Paul Leddington Wright, as well as celebrated twentieth-century church composers such as Alan Gray, Edward Bairstow, Sydney Nicholson, and John Wilson. Published in both full music and melody editions, this is a fully practical collection, with selected descants presented in different keys and with alternative words to match most popular hymnals. The full music edition provides an organ part for each descant while the melody edition contains the descants alone, without their accompanying tunes. With a superb range of descants, ably written and sympathetic to the style and harmony of the original tune, this is an excellent resource that will be welcomed by all choirs and church musicians and will enhance hymn singing at church services.

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1. Abbot's Leigh (in C and D)
2. Aberystwyth
3. Aurelia
4. Austria (in E flat and F)
5. Blaenwern (in G and F)
6. Crimond
7. Cwm Rhondda
8. Dix (in A flat and G)
9. Down Ampney
10. Easter Hymn
11. Engleberg (in F and G)
12. Forest Green
13. Guiting Power
14. Hanover
15. Helmsley
16. In Christ Alone (in D and E flat)
17. Jesus is Lord (in G and A flat)
18. Lasst uns erfreuen (in D and E flat)
19. Lux Eoi
20. Maccabaeus (in E flat and D)
21. Michael
22. Miles Lane
23. Nicaea
24. Nun danket (in F and E flat)
25. Oriel
26. Repton
27. Rockingham (in D and E flat)
28. St Clement (in A flat and G)
29. Slane
30. Stuttgart (in G and F)
31. The Servant King
32. Truro (in D and C)
33. Westminster Abbey (in A flat and G)
34. Woodlands