Christmas Carols – Sheet Music & Scores

Since the middle of the 17th century, the term “Carol” has referred to folk-based Christmas songs in English. Carols are extremely popular due to their vivid storytelling and joyful melodies. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at our Christmas Carols Sheet Music Downloads, and explore the wide world of Christmas Carols with Stretta Music today!

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In the 19th century, extensive collections of carols begun to be put together. The most important today is The Oxford Book of Carols, which is present in almost every English church at Christmas time. It has appeared in various forms over the years, such as “The New Oxford Book of Carols”, the “Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols” and “The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols”.

Newer and more modern composers have also taken up the carol-call, outstanding examples are Vaughan Williams Christmas Carols, Britten Christmas Carols and Rutter Christmas Carols.

Let’s Go A-Carolling:

• Away in a Manger – Sheet Music
• Go Tell it on the Mountain – Sheet Music
• Jingle Bells – Sheet Music
• The Little Drummer Boy – Sheet Music
• Deck the Halls – Sheet Music
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Sheet Music
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Sheet Music
• In the Bleak Midwinter – Sheet Music
• Joy to the World – Sheet Music