Wintersong 2025 Alumni Music

Simple Gifts by Copland (2-part version)

Gloucestershire Wassail

There are so many versions of Wassail yet I could not find a recording of our specific arrangement! The recording below is close but does have extra verses, so please ignore those and sing what we have written in our music.

Follow this breakdown:
Verse 1: T/B unison melody
Verse 2: S/A unison melody
Verse 3, mm. 1-12: T/B unison melody; mm. 12-16 SATB parts
Verse 4, mm. 17-29: S/A unison melody; mm. 29-33 SATB parts
Verse 5 &6: Sing SATB as written.