Wexford Carol, The
Traditional, arranged by Anne McGinty
Subtitle: Good People All
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 3:35
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Queenwood Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Condensed Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Cornets/Trumpets I-II
Horn in F/Tenor Saxophone (optional)
Low Brass and Woodwinds
Percussion, including:
- Bells
- Finger Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Dedicated to Barbara and Rick Lambrecht – musicians, teachers, cyclists, friends.
- Program Note from score
The Wexford Carol is a traditional religious Irish Christmas carol originating from County Wexford, and specifically, Enniscorthy (whence its other name), and dating to the 12th century. The subject of the song is that of the nativity of Jesus Christ.
The Wexford Carol, sometimes known by its first verse, "Good people all this Christmas time," is one of the oldest extant Christmas carols in the European tradition. The song achieved a renewed popularity due to the work of William Grattan Flood (1859 - 1928), who was organist and musical director at St. Aidan's Cathedral in Enniscorthy. He transcribed the carol from a local singer, and had it published in the Oxford Book of Carols, putting Enniscorthy into most carol books around the world.
Traditions abound concerning the song. For many years, it was felt that only men should sing it. It was only during the current revival of all things Irish that this has changed.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: First Colony Middle School Honors Band (Richard Crain, conductor) – 2002
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP III
- Louisiana: II
- Maryland: II
- North Carolina: III
- Texas: II. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Carlos Gama, Jr., conductor) – 13 December 2015
- First Colony Middle School (Sugar Land, Tx.) Honors Band (Richard Crain, conductor) – 20 December 2002 (2002 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alabama Folksong Fantasy (2007)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (1998)
- American Folk Trilogy (as arranger) (1992)
- American Rhapsody
- Amphion
- And the Heart Replies (1992)
- Athenian Festival (1990)
- Atlantis (1986)
- Bach: Air (as arranger) (c. 1730/)
- Bach: Chorale and Variation (as arranger) (1994)
- Chant Fantastique (2004)
- Chorale Prelude (1992)
- Clouds (1994)
- Discovery Overture (1985)
- Emily (The Ghost) (2008)
- Equinox (2009)
- A European Christmas (1984)
- A European Christmas II (1985)
- Glory (2005)
- Greensleeves Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
- Hall of Heroes (2000)
- Hieroglyphs (2003)
- Holton-Arms Fanfare (2001)
- Japanese Folk Trilogy (as arranger) (1996/2002)
- Kachina: Chant and Spirit Dance (1994)
- Kingstree Overture (2003)
- Kokopelli (2007)
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (2008)
- Long Way from Home
- Madrigal for Band (as arranger) (1994)
- Masques (1989)
- A Medieval Quest (2008)
- Neon (2004)
- The Power of One
- Prelude to a Festival (1983)
- Prometheus Overture (1984)
- Rachmaninoff Prelude (as arranger)
- The Red Balloon (1993)
- Riversong (2005)
- Satie: Three Gymnopédies (as arranger) (1888/1993)
- Sea Song Trilogy (1986/2014)
- Spirals (1995)
- Syntonos (1986)
- Tis a Gift (1997)
- To Keep Thine Honor Bright (2001)
- Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (as arranger) (1987)
- Variations and Theme (1979)
- Victorious (2006)
- The Wexford Carol (2002)
- Windsor Overture
- Wolsey's Wilde (as arranger) (2001)
Resources
- Anne McGinty website Accessed 12 September 2021
- Wexford Carol, Wikipedia