Holiday Music ~ Master List
♦ Since my holiday music is scattered throughout this website in various sections, I'm presenting a “master list” of carols for easy searching.
♦ For each carol below, you can see the different ways I've worked with it — either by arranging the carol, or by creating new music for the familiar text.
♦ Click on a letter below to jump to that section, or simply scroll down the page to browse.
A B C D F G H I J L M O P Q S T W
♦ Or, rather than searching by carol (below), you may wish to look for holiday music by browsing one of these music genres first:
A
A Christmas Interlude for Oboe and Organ (an offertory)
An arrangement of “Lo, How a Rose” and “The Sussex Carol”
A Christmas Interlude for Strings
A string arrangement of “In the Bleak Midwinter” and “Quem Pastores”
A Festive Holiday
A holiday pops medley for large orchestra — click here to learn more
A Garland of Carols
A holiday pops medley for chorus & large orchestra — click here to learn more
A Holiday Suite for Flute, Viola, and Guitar
A suite with five stand-alone carols — click here to learn more
Adam Lay Ybounden
Choral setting (original music) — with piano acc.
All My Heart This Night Rejoices!
Choral setting (arrangement) — a cappella
All This Night Shrill Chanticleer
Choral setting (original music) — with piano acc.
Angels From the Realms of Glory
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra — included in the medley “A Festive Holiday”
Away in a Manger (original music)
Choral setting (original music) — for SSAATTBB a cappella
Away in a Manger (arrangement of the Kirkpatrick melody)
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra — included in the medley “A Festive Holiday”
Chamber music — setting for flute, viola, and guitar
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B
Balulalow (Lullaby)
Choral setting (original music) — with piano acc.
Behold a Simple, Tender Babe
Choral setting (original music) — a cappella
Blessed Be That Maid, Mary
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C
Christmas Hath a Darkness
Setting for SATB chorus (or soloist) — with piano acc.
Setting for SATB chorus — a cappella
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D
Deck the Halls
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra — included in the medley “A Festive Holiday”
Choral setting — for SSAATTBB a cappella
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Choral setting — with chamber orch. acc.
Choral setting — for SSAATTBB a cappella
Choral setting — for SATB a cappella — for use as a brief introit or concert opener
Chamber music — setting for flute, viola, and guitar
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F
Fantasia on Two Christmas Carols
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G
Go, Tell it on the Mountain!
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Choral setting — with chamber orch. acc.
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H
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Choral setting — with chamber orch. acc. — part of “A Symphony of Carols”
Here We Come A-Wassailing
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra — included in the medley “A Festive Holiday”
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I
I Saw Three Ships
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra, with or without solo violins — an Irish jig
Choral setting — with chamber orch. acc. — part of “A Symphony of Carols”
Chamber music — setting for flute, viola, and guitar
I Saw Three Ships Come Fiddling In
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra, with or without solo violin(s) — an Irish jig
In the Bleak Midwinter (Holst melody)
Holiday pops setting for chorus & full orchestra
Choral setting — with chamber orch. acc.
Choral setting — with piano acc.
String arrangement — one of two carols in “A Christmas Interlude for Strings”
Chamber music — setting for flute, viola, and guitar
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Hymn arrangement for organ and congregation
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J
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Choral setting (original music) — with piano acc.
Joy to the World
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Choral setting (concert or church) — with chamber orch. acc.
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L
Let Christians All with Joyful Mirth
Choral setting (original music) — a cappella
Let Our Gladness Have No End
Treble choir setting (arrangement) — with piano acc.
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Offertory for oboe & organ — one of two carols, along with “The Sussex Carol”
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M
Methinks I See an Heavenly Host
Choral setting (original music) — a cappella
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O
O Christmas Tree
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra — included in the medley “A Festive Holiday”
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Choral setting — with chamber orch. acc. — part of “A Symphony of Carols”
O Holy Night
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
O My Dear Heart (Balulalow)
Choral setting (original music) — with piano acc.
Of the Father's Love Begotten
On This Day Earth Shall Ring (see also “Personent Hodie”)
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Choral setting — with chamber orch. acc.
Once in Royal David's City
Choral setting (orig. music) — with chamber orch. acc. — part of “A Symphony of Carols”
Out of Your Sleep, Arise and Wake!
Choral setting (original music) — a cappella
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P
Patapan (Willie, Take Your Little Drum)
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra — included in the medley “A Festive Holiday”
Personent Hodie (see also “On This Day Earth Shall Ring”)
Choral setting — with brass quintet acc. — part of “A Symphony of Carols”
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Q
Quem Pastores
String arrangement — one of two carols in “A Christmas Interlude for Strings”
Qui Creavit Caelum (The Song of the Nuns of Chester)
Choral setting (arrangement) — for SSAATTBB a cappella
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S
See, Amid the Winter's Snow (original music)
Choral setting (original music) — with piano acc.
See, Amid the Winter's Snow (arrangement)
Holiday pops setting (arrangement) for chorus & full orchestra
Choral setting (arrangement) — with chamber orch. acc.
Silent Night
Choral setting (arrangement) — for SSAATTBB a cappella
Sing We All! 'Tis Christmas Morning
Choral setting (original music) — with organ acc.
Susani (a German lullaby)
Choral setting — with chamber orch. acc. — part of “A Symphony of Carols”
Sweet Baby, Sleep
Setting for solo soprano (or full soprano section) with chamber orch. acc.
Setting for solo soprano (or full soprano section) with piano acc.
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T
The Boar's Head Carol
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra — included in the medley “A Festive Holiday”
The Coventry Carol (original music)
Choral setting (original music) — a cappella
The Coventry Carol (arrangement)
Choral setting (arrangement) — with chamber orch. acc. — part of “A Symphony of Carols”
The First Nowell (original music)
Choral setting (original music) — with piano acc.
The First Nowell (arrangement)
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
The Holly and the Ivy
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra — included in the medley “A Festive Holiday”
Choral setting (arrangement) — with chamber orch. acc.
Choral setting (arrangement) — with organ acc.
The Seven Joys of Mary
Holiday pops setting for chorus & large orchestra
Choral setting — with chamber orch. acc.
The Song of the Nuns of Chester (Qui Creavit Caelum)
Choral setting (arrangement) — a cappella
The Sussex Carol
Offertory for oboe & organ — one of two carols, along with “Lo, How a Rose”
There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
Choral setting (original music) — a cappella
This Endris Night
Choral setting (original music) — with piano acc.
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Choral setting (arrangement) — with piano acc.
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W
Wassail!
Chamber music — setting for flute, viola, and guitar
Willie, Take Your Little Drum (Patapan)
Holiday pops setting for large orchestra — included in the medley “A Festive Holiday”
