Andrew Parrott and Hugh Keyte on building a carol compendium

Andrew Parrott and Hugh Keyte
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Now ubiquitous during the festive season, the New Oxford Book of Carols brings together over 200 carols for Christmas concerts and celebrations. The volume’s creators Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott reflect on the process of creating a carol book which would retain its popularity over 25 years later, and look to the future with Parrott’s latest book, The Pursuit of Musick

Images like Georges de La Tour's ‘The Musicians' Brawl' bring immediacy to Andrew Parrott's latest book © The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Images like Georges de La Tour's ‘The Musicians' Brawl' bring immediacy to Andrew Parrott's latest book © The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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