Carol "Villagers All This Frosty Tide": Arranged for SATB Choir and Orchestra

by Kenneth Grahame, James Nathaniel Holland

Overview

NEW CHRISTMAS MUSIC!! Carol (Villagers All This Frosty Morn) from Kenneth Grahame's classic novel "The Wind in the Willows" and arranged from the ballet, "The Wind in the Willows" by American composer James Nathaniel Holland. Here in complete anthem form with orchestral accompaniment. Perfect for a children's Christmas concert. Instrumentation: Fl12, Ob12, EH, ClBb 12, BCl, Bsn 12, Cbsn, HrnF 1234, Trmp Bb12, Trmb, Tba, Timp, Perc (hand cym, sus. cym w/mallet, tri), glock, pno, strings Full score in concert pitch and parts Included. Scene Synopsis: The scene opens as Rat has succumbed to winter hibernation in front of his cozy fire. Mole takes the opportunity to return to his home, once neat tidy this past spring, now abandoned and neglected due to his adventures with Mr. Toad and with Rat over the summer and autumn. Mole hears singing outside his window and opens the door to carolers. It's a winter wonderland and he dances to music of this carol, announcing the joy all the animals felt when the baby Jesus was born on Christmas day. (Duration: 4:04) Choral with piano reduction accompaniment sold separately. Longer concertwork scene available. YouTube video presentation of scene 3 from the ballet "The Wind in Willows": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UzxwG6GYpA

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781539420781
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/08/2016
Series:	Choral music and anthems by James Nathaniel Holland , #2
Pages:	62
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.13(d)

About the Author

James Nathaniel Holland is an American classical music composer of operas, symphonies, ballets, songs, and other musical concertworks that incorporate a unique, eclectic, blend of romantic, classical, world and jazz styles.

Born and raised in Indiana, he studied music at DePauw University, Vienna Austria, Interlochen National Music Camp and Indiana University (Bloomington, IN). At these schools many of his early pieces were premiered and performed, with one work being selected for main-stage production in the season.

Moving to Los Angeles and then settling in New York, he performed professionally sometimes as a singer, sometimes as a pianist, sometimes as choral conductor. He composed incidental music for the stage. In 2002 he founded a composers collective where they showcased their work. He was one of the first composers to participate in the American Music Center's initial on-line library. The New Jersey Concert Opera and the Gay Men's Chorus of New Jersey also featured his comic operas and art songs.

From 2005 he moved to Costa Rica where he organized concerts with visiting guest artists to present his chamber music to the public. Presently he lives in a castle in the central mountains of Costa Rica.
Website: http://www.lacoronadelossantos.net/jamesnathanielholland.html
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/composerjnholland


Kenneth Grahame (lyricist) (8 March 1859 - 6 July 1932) was a British writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of children's literature.