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Have your own Revels at home or school with these songbooks especially designed for families, teachers, and other non-professional music lovers who wish to experience the joy of social singing. Each book is richly illustrated, with simple, easy-to-follow arrangements, tips on how to sing together, and tantalizing tidbits about the origins of the songs.
   
CelebratetheSpring_100.jpg Celebrate the Spring
Spring and May Day Celebrations for Schools and Communities
A remarkably easy to follow how-to books for mounting your own spring celebrations in school, community or home. Along with simple songsheets for traditional songs, processionals, rounds and musical children's games, there are tips on how to mount productions, march the processionals, dance the dances, play the games, and toast the seasons in joyful Revels style. Prepared with illuminating background on the songs and rituals by Revels founder John Langstaff, musical director George Emlen, and artistic director Patrick Swanson.


PC-1099 (Songbook) $19.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
Whatamornpb.jpg What A Morning!
The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals
Selected and Edited by John Langstaff
Illustrated by Ashley Bryan
Arrangements for singing and piano by John Andrew Ross

A unique and powerful collection. The story of Christmas is told through classic spirituals, augmented with [read more]

PC-4225 (Paperback) $5.00 [add to order]  [view order]

   
GarlandofSong_100.jpg Revels Garland of Song, A
The word carol was not originally Christmas-specific. It described any song meant for dancing, usually for seasonal celebrations including midwinter, harvest,... [read more]

SB-1096 (Songbook) $21.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
SallyGoRound_new.jpg Sally Go Round the Moon
Designed for use by parents, teachers or children themselves, this lovely collection by John and Nancy Langstaff, with gorgeous silhouette drawings by Jan Pienkowski, [read more]


SB-1085 (Songbook) $16.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
ChristmasRevelsSongbook_1 Christmas Revels Songbook, The
"For anyone who has ever experienced a Revels, this book is a lovely bulging Christmas stocking of familiar music; for everyone else, it's a joyful voyage of discovery through one of the best and most unusual collections of seasonal songs and carols ever made." [read more]

SBCD-1078 (Songbook with CD) $24.95 [add to order]  [view order]
SB-1078 (Songbook Only) $21.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
CelebrateWinter.jpg Celebrate the Winter
Winter Solstice Celebrations for Schools and Communities
A remarkably easy to follow how-to book for mounting your own winter celebrations in school, community or home. Along with simple songsheets for traditional songs, carols, processionals, rounds and musical children's games, there are tips on how to mount productions, march the processionals, dance the dances, play the games, and toast the seasons in joyful Revels style. Prepared with illuminating background on the songs and rituals by Revels founder John Langstaff, musical director George Emlen, and artistic director Patrick Swanson.


PC-2001 (paperback) $27.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
Awake to Joy100.jpg Awake to Joy
Christmas Carols for Part Singing
Compiled by Nym Cooke. This songbook has an excellent collection of Victorian party songs,Yorkshire pub carols, New England fuguing tunes, French noels, German Reformation part-songs, Southern shape-note pieces, exciting new versions of "Good King Wenceslas" and the "Boar's Head Carol," as well as original material. Many of these 57 pieces are not available anywhere else. Annotated and illustrated, with optional instrumental descants and interludes.

PC-1205 (paperback) $29.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
frogwent_130.jg Frog Went A-Courtin'
Winner: Caldecott Medal

Ages 3-7. An entertaining and beautifully illustrated picture and song book of the well-know folksong.


PC-9005 (Paperback) $7.00 [add to order]  [view order]

   
overinmeadow_130.jpg Over in the Meadow
Winner: ALA Notable Book Selection

Ages 3-7. Beautifully drawn picture book about meadow life, with words and music. Encourages young children to sing and make up new verses.

PC-5001 (Paperback) $7.00 [add to order]  [view order]

   
seasongbook.jpg Revels Book of Chanteys and Sea Songs
New Songbook

This is John Langstaff's final Revels opus in which he gathered a very personal collection of some of his favorite songs of the sea [read more]

SB-2006 (Songbook) $21.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
awaketojoy2.jpg Awake to Joy Vol. II
the long-awaited second volume of Nym Cooke's Awake to Joy!, subtitled Carols and Part-Songs for the Shortest Days and Longest Nights, is here, [read more]
SB-1210 $29.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
pinewoods_book Pinewoods International Collection, The
The Pinewoods International Collection contains music for over 400 traditional dance tunes and songs, with lyrics and translations, [read more]

SB-6000 (Songbook) $40.00 [add to order]  [view order]

 
 
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