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Carols
Carols from historical songbooks. Playable editions on this site present the melodies without lyrics.
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- The Holly and the IvyOpen score
A traditional carol with a verse and refrain. This melody follows a public-domain vocal score on Mutopia.
- Silent Night (Stille Nacht)Open score
The vocal melody of Gruber and Mohr's early version, arranged as a single instrumental line.
- The First NoelOpen score
The soprano melody of the traditional carol, with its repeated opening and contrasting final strain.
- Adeste FidelesOpen score
The hymn tune known in English as O Come, All Ye Faithful.
- Joy to the WorldOpen score
The ANTIOCH hymn tune, shaped into a single-line practice score.
- Away in a MangerOpen score
The MUELLER melody by James R. Murray, presented without lyrics.
- Deck the HallsOpen score
The Welsh NOS GALAN melody, presented without lyrics.
- Good King WenceslasOpen score
The TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM tune, without lyrics.
- Coventry CarolOpen score
A sixteenth-century carol melody, without lyrics.
- God Rest You Merry, GentlemenOpen score
The traditional English melody is shown without lyrics.
- We Three KingsOpen score
John Henry Hopkins Jr.'s nineteenth-century melody, with verse and refrain but no lyrics.
- Angels We Have Heard on HighOpen score
The traditional GLORIA melody, without lyrics.
- Hark! The Herald Angels SingOpen score
The MENDELSSOHN melody is shown without lyrics.
- I Saw Three ShipsOpen score
The traditional carol melody is presented without lyrics.
- The Boar's Head CarolOpen score
The traditional melody is presented without lyrics.
- The Lord at First Had Adam MadeOpen score
The complete carol from Sandys's 1833 collection, across two cropped pages.
- A Virgin Most PureOpen score
Carol no. 2 in Edward F. Rimbault's historical songbook. Both music pages, including the original printed words, are shown.
- A Child This Day Is BornOpen score
The complete verse and chorus from William Sandys's 1833 collection, including the printed words and harmony.
- This New Christmas CarolOpen score
The complete carol from William Sandys's 1833 music pages, including the original words and two-part harmony.
- Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing DayOpen score
The complete carol from William Sandys's 1833 music pages, including the original words and harmony.