| We be kings from lands afar | *1908 |
Words by Charles Scott–Moncrieff
Weekes & Co 1908, cr, [BL: D6722]; 1913 [Hanover Series of Christmas Carols No. 12 with tonic sol–fa] [BL: F1176b25]
| Herrick’s Ode (In numbers, and but these few) | *1928 |
SATB
Words by Robert Herrick
Curwen 1928 [Church Choralist No. 663] [BL: E1330]
In The Oxford Book of Carols 1928, No 176
| Babe and Lord new born this night (Babe and Lord new born this night) | *1931 |
SATB unaccompanied
Words by R. H. d’Elboux
MS: B–P Archive, Bag Ci: rough photo copy of copyist’s MS with letter from poet dated 3 November 1931
Unpublished
| The Stable Door (A soft light from a stable door) | 1933 |
SATB unaccompanied
Words by Lilian Cox
MS: B–P Archive, Box 6: score, ink, dated, printer’s copy, 4 pages and title page,
Winthrop Rogers/Boosey & Co 1933 [BL: E602ss8]
Dedicated to Rev. R. E. Fanshawe
| Oxen cribbed in barn and byre (Oxen cribbed in barn and byre) | 1943 |
Words by C. Armstrong Gibbs
a. SATB chorus unaccompanied
b. Unison with piano
MS: B–P Archive, Box 5: vocal score, ink, dated, printer’s copy, each version 1 page
Boosey & Co 1944 [BL: F260d1]
Written for Burnside Choir and dedicated to A. H. Willink
| At the Manger (Not in a palace great and grand) | 7 February 1945 |
Words by Dr J. F. Cooke
SATB unaccompanied
MS: B–P Archive, Box 1: ink, dated, printer’s copy, 2 pages and title
Boosey & Hawkes, 1948 [BL: F260d27] with tonic sol–fa
See below 1952
| Sleep, little King ( Sleep, little King, in your cradle of hay) | 1 – 3 August 1951 |
Words by Margaret Rose
SATB unaccompanied
MS: B–P Archive, Box 6: ink, dated, printer’s copy, 6 pages and title page
Boosey & Co 1951 [Winthrop Rogers Church Choral Series No. 34] [BL: F1147] with tonic sol–fa
Dedicated to Jane and Clare (Rust) (not on MS)
See below 1952
| Sleep, little King ( Sleep, little King, in your cradle of hay) | 16 October 1952 |
Words by Margaret Rose
TTBB unaccompanied
MS: B–P Archive, Box 6: ink, dated, printer’s copy, 6 pages
Boosey & Co 1952 [Winthrop Rogers Church Choral Series No. 44] [BL: F1147] with tonic sol–fa
Dedicated to Jane and Clare (Rust) (not on MS)
See above 1951
| At the Manger (Not in a palace great and grand) | 18 October 1952 |
Words by Dr J. F. Cooke
TTBB unaccompanied
MS: B–P Archive, Box 1: ink, dated, 5 pages and title page
Boosey & Hawkes, 1952 [BL: F260f14] with tonic sol–fa
See above 1945
| While the shepherds were watching (from ‘A Saviour Born’) | 1952 |
Words by Benedict Ellis
a. SSA unaccompanied b. SATB unaccompanied
OUP a. 1954 [Oxford Choral Songs W 13] [BL: F1777m]; b. 1955 [Oxford Choral Songs X 13] [BL: F1777m]
OUP 1961 b. in Carols for Choirs 1
See Chorus and orchestra p. 17
| Sweet was the song (from ‘A Saviour Born’) (Sweet was the song the Virgin sang) | 6 November 1952 |
Words by Benedict Ellis, (anonymous, from John Attey’s ‘The First Book of Ayres’, 1622)
SSA unaccompanied
MS: B–P Archive, Bag Cii: ink, dated, poet unnamed, with accompaniment for keyboard or strings, but ‘preferably unaccompanied’, (with ‘The Promised One’)
OUP 1953 [Oxford Choral Songs W 12] [BL: F1777m]
See Chorus and orchestra p. 17
| Hail, O sun of righteousness | 1959 |
Christmas Song for SATB unaccompanied
Words by William Austin (1587–1633)
OUP 1959 [Oxford Choral Songs X 53] [BL: F1777m]
Dedicated to Marjorie Jaco