Ding dong merrily on high: Vocal score

ISBN 10: 0193432064 ISBN 13: 9780193432062

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1996

Synopsis

for SATB unaccompanied This riotous setting lurches from pious, a cappella textures to musical mayhem and back again with some hilarious musical puns and well-planned pitfalls along the way.

About this title

Review:

If ever there was a post-modern carol, this is it, complete with cross references, in-jokes and the simulated chaos of a choir breaking down. (Church Times)

... a delightfully silly arrangement ... in which 'wrong (carols make Ivesian appearances and the pagination itself is the source of deliberate confusion.)

A competent choir could have a lot of fun with this one! (Organists' Review)

About the Author:

David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, then pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, since when he has pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM, where he became Editorial Director, and then at Oxford University Press, where he is now Head of Music Publishing. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0193432064
• ISBN 13: 9780193432062
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 16