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Carol for St. Steven

for SATB choir
text from William Sandys' Christmas Carols, adapted by the composer
mixed choir
Product number: ED 13017
Edition: Choral score
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Written in memory of Erich Fried (1921-1988), a writer who wrote the libretto for Goehr's opera Arden Must Die and whose poems were set in Warngedichte (op. 22), Carol for St Steven is a short and playful carol about St Steven as a servant boy in King Herod’s Hall.
 
Seeing the Star and realising that Jesus has been born, the boy tells King Herod whose overreaction results in Steven being stoned to death (explaining why the Vigil of St Stephen takes place on Christmas Night). 

With a treble soloist singing the lines of Steven and a bass singing the parts of Herod, Goehr’s carol for St Steven is an alternative carol in many senses, but one that would be ideal for both amateur and professional choirs looking for new repertoire.

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Title:
Carol for St. Steven
for SATB choir
text from William Sandys' Christmas Carols, adapted by the composer
Edition:
Choral score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
1989
Duration:
4 ′
World Premiere:
December 24, 1989 (UK)
King´s College Chapel


Series:
Title:
Carol for St. Steven
for SATB choir
text from William Sandys' Christmas Carols, adapted by the composer
Language:
English
Edition:
Choral score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1989
Duration:
4 ′
World Premiere:
December 24, 1989 (UK)
King´s College Chapel


Series:
Title:
Carol for St. Steven
for SATB choir
text from William Sandys' Christmas Carols, adapted by the composer
Language:
English
Edition:
Choral score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1989
Duration:
4 ′
World Premiere:
December 24, 1989 (UK)
King´s College Chapel


Series:

Technical Details

Product number:
ED 13017
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-2651-2
Product number:
ED 13017
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-2651-2
Weight:
0,07 kg
Pages:
16
Format:
21cm x 29.7cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
Product number:
ED 13017 Q6579
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-2651-2
Pages:
16
File format:
(PDF / 521,92 KB)

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  • Carol for St. Steven
    December 24, 1989 | (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , King´s College Chapel — World Premiere
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