The Coventry Carol by Traditional Acoustic Guitar - Digital Sheet Music
By TraditionalThe "Coventry Carol" is an English Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was traditionally performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew: the carol itself refers to the Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod ordered all male infants under the age of two in Bethlehem to be killed, and takes the form of a lullaby sung by mothers of the doomed children. The music contains a well-known example of a Picardy third. The melody sits well on the guitar, so much so that this arrangement is based on changing key from E minor to A minor to D minor and back again to E minor with the melody always present. In the D minor variation the tune is in the bass.
Details
Summary
- Instrument:
- Acoustic Guitar Classical Guitar Guitar Solo
- Genres:
- Medieval Christmas Carols Contemporary
- Composers:
- Traditional
- Publishers:
- DML
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Part
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Artist:
- Traditional
- Usages:
- Christmas
- Number of Pages:
- 5
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.1305680
Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Simon James. This edition: pdf. Christmas, Classical, Contemporary, Historic, Medieval. Individual part. 5 pages. DML #895135. Published by DML (A0.1305680).The "Coventry Carol" is an English Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was traditionally performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew: the carol itself refers to the Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod ordered all male infants under the age of two in Bethlehem to be killed, and takes the form of a lullaby sung by mothers of the doomed children. The music contains a well-known example of a Picardy third. The melody sits well on the guitar, so much so that this arrangement is based on changing key from E minor to A minor to D minor and back again to E minor with the melody always present. In the D minor variation the tune is in the bass.
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- Artists:
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- Publisher:
- DML