The Oxford Book of Descants

Antony Baldwin: ABBOT'S LEIGH ( in C and D )
Alan Gray: ABERYSTWYTH
Christopher Gower: ABRIDGE ( in D and C )
David Willcocks: ADESTE, FIDELES
Anthony F Carver and Donald Davison: ALLELUIA No. 1
John Cooke: ANGEL VOICES ( in D and C )
Donald Davison: ANGELS' SONG
David Willcocks: ANIMA CHRISTI ( in F and G )
Adrian Lucas: AURELIA
James Vivian: AUS DER TIEFE
Thomas H Ingham: AUSTRIA ( in E flat and F )
Ashley Grote: BEAUTY FOR BROKENNESS
David Willcocks: BETHLEHEM ( in F and G )
John Scott: BLAENWERN ( in G and F )
Sydney H Nicholson: CARLISLE ( in E flat and D )
Kenneth Naylor: COE FEN
Maurice Bevan: CORVEDALE
Donald Davison: CRIMOND
Paul Leddington Wright: CROSS OF JESUS ( in G and F )
Harold Darke: CRUCIFER ( in D and C )
John Scott: CWM RHONDDA
Sydney H Nicholson: DARWALL'S 148th ( in D and C )
Simon Lole: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM ( in C and B flat )
John Wilson: DIX ( in A flat and G )
Sydney H Nicholson: DOMINUS REGIT ME ( in G and F )
David Willcocks: DOWN AMPNEY
Philip Moore: DUKE STREET
John Rutter: EASTER HYMN
Harrison Oxley: EISENACH
David Willcocks: ENGLEBERG ( in F and G )
David Willcocks: EVENTIDE
David Thorne: FAITHFUL ONE
FAITHFULNESS ( in E flat and D )
Paul Leddington Wright and Robert Prizeman:
William Llewellyn: FATHER, WE ADORE YOU
William Llewellyn: FATHER, WE LOVE YOU
Thomas Armstrong: FOREST GREEN
Robert Gower: GERONTIUS ( in A flat and G )
Ashley Grote: GOD OF THE POOR
Christopher Robinson: GOD REST YOU MERRY
John Barnard: GUITING POWER
Alan Gray: HANOVER
James Vivian: HEINLEIN
John Rutter: HELMSLEY
Robert Gower: HIGHWOOD
Ashley Grote: HOLY IS THE LORD ( in A and G )
John Scott: HYFRYDOL
Ashley Grote: IN CHRIST ALONE ( in D and E flat )
Benjamin Lamb: IRBY ( in F and G )
James Whitbourn: JESUS IS LORD ( in G and A flat )
Christopher Gower: LASST UNS ERFREUEN ( in D and E flat )
Reginald Thatcher: LAUDES DOMINI ( in C and B flat )
John Wilson: LAUDS
Sydney H Nicholson: LAUS DEO
Harrison Oxley: LOBE DEN HERREN ( in F and G )
John Barnard: LORD OF THE YEARS
William Mathias: LUCKINGTON
Richard Lloyd: LUX EOI
Malcolm Archer: MACCABAEUS ( in E flat and D )
Alan Gray: MELCOMBE ( in E flat and D )
Alan Gray: MELITA
David Willcocks: MENDELSSOHN ( in F and G )
Alan Gray: MERTON ( in F and E )
Alan Gray: MILES LANE
John Wilson: MONKLAND
Cyril Winn: MONKS GATE
David Willcocks: MORNING HYMN
Alan Gray: MOSCOW
Sydney H Nicholson: NEANDER
James Vivian: NICAEA
David Willcocks: NOEL
William H Harris: NUN DANKET ( in F and E flat )
Alan Gray: ORIEL
Alan Gray: PRAISE, MY SOUL
Harrison Oxley: PRAXIS PIETATIS ( in F and G )
John Scott: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
John Henderson: QUAM DILECTA
Sydney H Nicholson: REDHEAD No. 46
David Thorne: REGENT SQUARE
John Scott: REPTON
Edward Bairstow: RICHMOND ( in F and G )
Unknown: ROCKINGHAM ( in D and E flat )
Simon Lole: SAFFRON WALDEN
John Henderson: ST ALBINUS ( in C and B flat )
John Scott: ST ANNE
David Blackwell: ST CLEMENT ( in A flat and G )
Donald Davison: ST COLUMBA
Cyril Winn: ST DENIO ( in A flat and G )
Robert Gower: ST GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Christopher Gower: ST HELEN
John Wilson: ST MAGNUS
William Llewellyn: SEEK YE FIRST
Cyril Winn: SINE NOMINE
Traditional: SING HOSANNA ( in E flat and D )
John Wilson: SLANE
David Thorne: SLANE
Donald Davison: SONG 34
Antony Baldwin: STUTTGART ( in G and F )
Ashley Grote: THE SERVANT KING
David Willcocks: THORNBURY
John Wilson: TRURO ( in D and C )
Sydney H Nicholson: UNSER HERRSCHER
Robert Gower: VENI EMMANUEL ( metrical version )
Robert Gower: VENI EMMANUEL ( plainchant version )
Sydney H Nicholson: WAREHAM ( in B flat and A )
Donald Davison: WAS LEBET
John Rutter: WESTMINSTER ABBEY ( in A flat and G )
Alan Gray: WINCHESTER NEW
Alan Gray: WINCHESTER OLD
Richard Lloyd: WOODLANDS
Benjamin Lamb: WOODLANDS

The Oxford Book of Descants is a definitive collection of 102 descants
to well-known hymns, carols, and worship songs. It features descants
by a wide range of composers, including contemporary names such as
David Willcocks, John Rutter, Malcolm Archer, and Paul Leddington
Wright, as well as celebrated twentieth-century church composers such
as Alan Gray, Edward Bairstow, Sydney Nicholson, and John Wilson.
Published in both full music and melody editions, this is a fully
practical collection, with selected descants presented in different
keys and with alternative words to match most popular hymnals. The
full music edition provides an organ part for each descant while the
melody edition contains the descants alone, without their accompanying
tunes. With a superb range of descants, ably written and sympathetic
to the style and harmony of the original tune, this is an excellent
resource that will be welcomed by all choirs and church musicians and
will enhance hymn singing at church services.