This medley combines two carols with a medieval feel. “Coventry Carol,” which is from England, uses a minor mode as the setting for three mothers lamenting over Herod’s order to kill all male infants. “Wexford Carol,” from Ireland, tells the Nativity story in a haunting mixolydian mode, which has a minor seventh in an otherwise major scale. 5 pages. Performance time: approximately 3:45.

Included in the “Christmas Lites” songbook. Also available for intermediate piano duet.

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