David Willcocks (1919–2015)
Author of Carols for Choirs 1: Fifty Christmas Carols
About the Author
Image credit: Sir David Willcocks / BBC News
Series
Works by David Willcocks
Messiah Highlights and Other Christmas Music: A Selection of Music by Handel, Bach, Berlioz, Britten, and Others (1987) 44 copies
Vaughan Williams: Hodie A Christmas Cantata / Fantasia on Christmas Carols • Baker (2000) — Conductor — 10 copies
Vaughan Williams : Flos Campi + An Oxford Elegy + Sancta Civitas + Whitsunday Hymn {sound recording} (1968) — Conductor — 6 copies
Five Christmas Carols for Mixed Voices & Organ (Or Strings). 5 Includes God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; First Nowell; Hark Herald a (1967) 5 copies
Vaughan Williams : Dona nobis pacem + Mass in G minor + O Clap your Hands {sound recording} — Conductor [Mass; Clap hands] — 4 copies
Vaughan Williams : Five variants of "Dives and Lazarus" + Flos Campi + An Oxford Elegy {sound recording} — Conductor — 3 copies
Away In A Manger 2 copies
The First Nowell 2 copies
Carols for Choirs. Fifty Christmas carols. Edited and arranged by R. Jacques and D. Willcocks 1 copy
The Magic of Christmas 1 copy
Vaughan Williams : Benedicite + Sancta Civitas {sound recording} — Conductor — 1 copy
On Christmas Night 1 copy
The Psalms of David Vol. 1 1 copy
Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on the old 104th Psalm Tune + Flos Campi + Magnificat + An Oxford Elegy {sound recording} (1989) — Conductor [Flos Campi; An Oxford Elegy] — 1 copy
The Twelve Days of Christmas 1 copy
Fauré : Requiem 1 copy
Silent Night 1 copy
Sussex Carols 1 copy
Evensong for Ash Wednesday 1 copy
Gabriel's Message 1 copy
The Infant King 1 copy
Gloria / Magnificat 1 copy
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 1 copy
Anthems from Kings 1 copy
Handel's Messiah 1 copy
The World of King's 1 copy
Associated Works
Haydn : Creation + Missa in tempore belli + Motet 'Insanae et Vanae Curae' {sound recording} {Willcocks/Choir of King's College Cambridge} (2007) — Conductor, some editions — 3 copies
Belshazzar's feast + Coronation Te Deum + Gloria [sound recording] — some editions — 2 copies
Haydn : Harmoniemesse + Missa in Anguistiis Nelson Mass + Missa in tempore belli + Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis De Deo {sound recording} {Choir of St John's College Cambridge} (1997) — Conductor, some editions — 2 copies
Haydn : Missa in tempore belli {sound recording} {Willcocks/English Chamber Orchestra} — Conductor, some editions — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Willcocks, David
- Legal name
- Willcocks, David Valentine
- Birthdate
- 1919-12-30
- Date of death
- 2015-09-17
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Westminster Abbey (choir)
Clifton college (scholar)
University of Cambridge (King's College organ scholarship) - Occupations
- organist
choirmaster
composer - Organizations
- Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (major ∙ WWII)
King's College, Cambridge ( [1947])
Salisbury Cathedral ( [1947])
Worcester Cathedral ( [1950])
Three Choirs Festival (conductor)
Bach Choir - Awards and honors
- Military Cross (1944)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1971) - Relationships
- Ord, Boris (teacher)
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Newquay, Cornwall, England
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - Place of death
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
Members
Reviews
A superb collection of choral arrangements of Christmas carols.
This book updates and expands on the Oxford Carol books numbers 1, 2 and 3, which were edited by David Willcocks. Seventy-four of the most popular carols from those books are included here. There are 26 new pieces added, including familiar classics, recent original carols, and some new arrangements of traditional favourites. A great many of the arrangements are by Willcocks or by John Rutter, who are recognized masters in the show more English choral music tradition. The arrangements are challenging and require good choir singers and strong music readers. Many of these carols have been recorded by John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, or by David Willcocks conducting the choir of King's College.
A superb collection, great resource for church or amateur choirs planning a Christmas concert. show less
This book updates and expands on the Oxford Carol books numbers 1, 2 and 3, which were edited by David Willcocks. Seventy-four of the most popular carols from those books are included here. There are 26 new pieces added, including familiar classics, recent original carols, and some new arrangements of traditional favourites. A great many of the arrangements are by Willcocks or by John Rutter, who are recognized masters in the show more English choral music tradition. The arrangements are challenging and require good choir singers and strong music readers. Many of these carols have been recorded by John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, or by David Willcocks conducting the choir of King's College.
A superb collection, great resource for church or amateur choirs planning a Christmas concert. show less
If you are tired of the usual arrangements of traditional Christmas music, and would like something with more dissonance, then this is a book for you. As for me, I still like the usual harmonies.
Here is an example of some usual harmonization.
Here is an example of some usual harmonization.
My favorite carol collection, with artwork from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The 2-CD set, by David Willcocks and the Royal College of Music Chamber Choir and Brass Ensemble, is one of my favorite Christmas albums, though sadly out of print.
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