Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1169123 By DMStewart Music. By 16th Century Olde English Carol. Arranged by David M. Stewart. Christmas,Folk,Historic,Holiday,Renaissance. Score and Parts. 24 pages. DMStewart Music #769474. Published by DMStewart Music (A0.1169123). The Coventry Carol is an Olde English Carol dating back to the 16th Century where it was part of a larger work known as, The Pageant of the Shearman and Tailors. This carol depicts the mothers’ tearful song as they weep for the loss of their children. The play is based on the Christmas Story as depicted in the Gospel of Matthew. Specifically the part of the story where King Herod orders the death of all male infants under the age of two, in an act known as the “Massacre of the Innocentsâ€.
