Item Number: OU.9780193382220
ISBN 9780193382220. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB and piano or organ or orchestra First published in Carols for Choirs 5, this is a touching setting of the well-known fifteenth-century words. The contours of Stroope's melodic writing perfectly mirror the narrative from the manger scene, while the simple refrain highlights the Christ-child's innocence as his mother lulls him to sleep.