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O little town of Bethlehem – Forest Green 'The ploughboy's dream'
First line:
O little town of Bethlehem
composer
'The ploughboy's dream'
arranger
vv 1-3 harmony
arranger
last verse descant and harmony
author of text
The words of O little town of Bethlehem are by Phillips Brooks, a nineteenth-century bishop of Massachusetts renowned for his inspired preaching. Vaughan Williams set the carol to an English traditional melody, ‘The ploughboy’s dream’, which he re-titled ‘Forest Green’. The last verse descant and alternative harmony are by Iain Simcock.
from notes by Wadham Sutton © 1993
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