O Little Town of Bethlehem (Davies, Walford)

Genre Categories	Carols; Religious works; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; English language

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Performances

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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1925).
Reprinted	Unversity Carol Book, 1961.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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General Information

Work Title	O Little Town of Bethlehem
Alternative. Title	Wengen ; Christmas carol
Composer	Davies, Walford
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IWD 14
Librettist	Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	SATB choir (see also Comments, below)
External Links	Wikipedia article (covers several settings)

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According to the Wikipedia article, Davies' version of this work, called "Wengen" (or sometimes just "Christmas carol"), is usually performed only by choirs rather than as a congregational hymn. This is because the first two verses are for treble voices with organ accompaniment, with only the final verse as a chorale/refrain harmony. This setting includes a recitative from the Gospel of Luke at the beginning, and cuts verses 2 and 4 of the original 5-verse carol. This version is traditionally used at the service of Nine Lessons and Carols in Kings College, Cambridge.