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The Lost Dances of Earthly Delights
The Christmas Carol Dance Book
Out-of-Print Publications
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This beautiful 76 page A4 size book is a must for any music or dance enthusiast. The word 'carol' once implied dance as much as song and to bring the two dimensions back together John Garden has spent 2 years devising, testing and refining 64 social dances in dozens of different formations to fit well-loved Christmas carols from the last 7 centuries. The dances all work exceedingly well, are lots of fun, and, in their style and figures, echo the various carols' historical origins and lyrical storyline. The meticulously well-layed out book contains easy-to-follow instructions to all the dance, full carol lyrics, chorded musical notation, historical notes and wonderful illustrations.

 

For a list of the carols included in the work see below.

For extracts from this work go the pages under Christmas Dances.

For your own copy of the complete work go to the order page under this chapter heading.

The work is a major achievement and we hope you will consider ordering a copy both for yourself and a friend. It will give you many years of enjoyment.

 

Angels from the Realms of Glory
Angelus ad Virginem
Away in the Manger
Carol of the Bells
Carol of the Birds
Coventry Carol
Deck the Halls
Ding Dong Merrily on High
Drive the Cold Winter Away
Gaudete
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Gower Wassail
Hail O Happy Morn
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Here we come a-Caroling
I saw Three ships
I wonder as I wander
Il es né, le divin enfant
In Dulci Jubilo
In the Bleak Midwinter

Infant holy, Infant lowly
It came upon a Midnight Clear (dbl)
It came upon a Midnight Clear(trpl)
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
Masters in this Hall
Merry Christmas
O Come, All ye Faithful
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Tannenbaum
On Christmas Night
Once in Royal David's City
Past Three O'Clock
Patapatapan
Personent Hodie
Quem Pastores Laudevere
Rejoice and Be Merry
Remember O thou Man
Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Sans Day Carol
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Silent Night
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came
The Cutty Wren
The First Noel
The Holly and the Ivy
The Little Drummer Boy
The Old Year Away is Fled
The Rocking Carol
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Unto Us a Child is born
Unto Us a Child is Born
Veinticinco di Diciembre
Von Himmel Hoch, o Englein Kommt
We Three Kings
We wish you a Merry Christmas
What Child is This
Where is Santa (1)
Where is Santa (2)
While Shepherds Watch

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