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Carols (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Christmas carols
- Easter carols
See also:
- Broader heading: Christmas music
- Broader heading: Easter music
- Broader heading: Sacred vocal music
New Grove dict. of mus. online, Sept. 5, 2001 (During the Middle Ages, an English or Latin song of uniform stanzas beginning with a refrain that is repeated after each stanza; on any subject but mostly the Virgin or Saints of Christmas. In recent centuries, usually refers to strophic songs (some with refrains) associated with Christmas; many texts derived from medieval English carols.)
Here are entered collections of carols in various languages. Works in an individual language or group of languages are entered under headings such as Carols, English; Carols, Slavic.