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European carols: Mediæval, Renaissance, and traditional

• Mediæval
  • Resonet in laudibus (1.6k, 0:36)
  • Verbum caro factum est: In hoc anni circulo (2.6k, 1:09) - 1420
  • Edi beo thu hevene quene (1.8k, 0:32) - 14th C. (lyrics)
  • Tempus adest floridum (1.6k, 0:24) - Originally a springtime carol, this became "Good King Wenceslas"
  • Tempus adest floridum (2.2k, 0:48) - An arrangement for winds
  • Coventry carol (2.4k, 0:42)
  • Angelus ad virginem (1.8k, 0:28)
  • Angelus ad Virgenem - another arrangement (2.0, 0:40)
  • Ther is no rose of swych vertu (2.8, 1:14)
  • Veni, veni Emanuel (4.7, 1:16) (lyrics, sheet music)
• Renaissance
  • Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her (1.7k, 0:23) - Martin Luther, arr. Michael Praetorius
  • While shepherds watched their flocks by night (2.6k, 0:49) - Christopher Tye, arr. Richard Alison
  • Gaudete! (3.2k, 1:11) (lyrics)
  • Dadme albricias, híjos d'Eva (3.8k, 0:48) - villancico
  • E la don don, Verges María (8.4k, 1:24) - villancico (lyrics)
  • Ríu, ríu, chíu (11.8k, 2:06) - villancico
  • Verbum caro factum est: Y la Virgen le dezia (4.3k, 1:16) - villancico (lyrics)
  • In dulci jubilo (2.4k, 0:33) - 14th century, arr. Bartholomew Gesius, 1601 (lyrics, sheet music)
  • Es ist ein' Rös' entsprungen (2.0k, 0:28) - Traditional, arr. Michael Praetorius (lyrics)
  • Branle l'Official - The dance tune by Arbeau was used for "Ding dong merrily on high" (5.1k, 1:05) (sheet music)
  • Staines morris was also turned into a Christmas carol, "Blessed be that maid Marie" (thanks to Jon Looms for the information). (4.0k, 1:02) (lyrics)
• Traditional carols of uncertain antiquity
  • Greensleeves - Most people seem to associate this tune with the Middle Ages, but I have read that its musical patterns put it firmly in the late 1600s. Other tunes called "Greensleeves" are older. This one became the Christmas song "What Child is This?" The arrangment is the common hymnal version. (4.6k, 1:06)
  • Patapan - Burgundian (4.3, 0:48)
  • The wassail song (2.3k, 0:42) (lyrics)
  • The boar's head (2.6k, 0:39) - A Renaissance-style arrangement. (lyrics)
  • The boar's head (2.8k, 0:55) - A more modern arrangement
  • The holly and the ivy (3.9k, 0:48) - An overtly Pagan song recast for Christmas. (lyrics)
  • Jeanette, Isabella (2.1k, 0:27) (lyrics, sheet music)

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