A Medieval Carol is for unaccompanied SATB and is a setting of a text transferred from medieval English by Stephen Pegg.
Originally written for the …Headington Singers in Oxford, the carol has been performed widely by choral societies and school choirs since 1989.
Duration: approx 3 minutes.
Text
Of a Lady I sing, one matchless in make;
King above Kings
For son did she take.
All silent he drew
Where his mother was as in April the due settles on the grass.
All silent he drew
Full close to her bower
Where his mother was as in April the due settles on the flower.
All silent he drew
There where she lay
As in April the due settles on the spray.
There never was none
Maid and mother but she
Well may such a one
God’s true mother be.
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Mark Goddard, born in 1960, is a distinguished composer and musician. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), where he earned the GRSM (hons) and LRAM (piano) degrees. During his time at RAM, he received nine awards for composition, including the prestigious Eric Coates Prize and the Capital Radio Prize After completing his studies, Mark married Pat Goddard, a fellow RAM student and bassoonist. They worked in Oxford for ten years, where Mark composed, arranged, and conducted orchestras and choirs. In 1989, they founded Spartan Press, which they later relocated to the Scottish Highlands12. In 2018, Mark and Pat sold Spartan Press and moved to Bristol, where they established Clifton Edition Limited in 2023. Mark was honored with the Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2015 for his contributions to the music profession
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