Angels' Carol John Rutter / Arr. Paul Noble

The choral parts are included in the score for reference, bult are not a part of the Set.
The arrangement is compatible with the published vocal score X325, ISBN 9780193431263, available to buy from Oxford University Press or the Press's international sales agent(s).

The music was adapted and arranged by Lowell Mason in 1839 from an older melody which was then believed to have originated from Handel, not least because the theme of the refrain (And heaven and nature sing...) appears in the
orchestra opening and accompaniment of the recitative Comfort Ye from Handel's Messiah, and the ?rst four notes match the beginning of the choruses Lift up your heads and Glory to God from the same oratorio. However, Handel did not
compose the entire tune. As of the late 20th century, "Joy to the World" was the most-published Christmas hymn in North America.