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hyperbolica wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 9:42 pm It's part of a set including Deck The Halls in swing. My quartet played that plus other tunes at a nursing home gig today. Better than your average Elkjer arrangement.

harrisonreed wrote: Wed Dec 03, 2025 4:54 am If you're talking about the one on the Trombones Under the Tree album, quick look at the CD jacket tells me that the Coventry Carol was arranged by Pickett. It's one of the pieces on there that does not have Elkjer's name next to it.

That said, volume one of Elkjer's arrangements has the piece in it. It does not have a star next to it on the contents page, indicating that version is not on the recording.

hyperbolica wrote: Wed Dec 03, 2025 9:57 am

harrisonreed wrote: Wed Dec 03, 2025 4:54 am If you're talking about the one on the Trombones Under the Tree album, quick look at the CD jacket tells me that the Coventry Carol was arranged by Pickett. It's one of the pieces on there that does not have Elkjer's name next to it.

That said, volume one of Elkjer's arrangements has the piece in it. It does not have a star next to it on the contents page, indicating that version is not on the recording.

No, that's a different arrangement. The sheet music says it's on the Under The Tree album, but it's clearly different. Here's a performance of the Elkjer version, beautiful but somber:


I've got a set of printed charts called Christmas Carols Volume 1, and it says "Arranged by Robert Elkjer":
- Deck the Halls
- Away in a Manger / Silent Night
- O Christmas Tree / The First Noel
- We Three Kings of Orient Are (5/4 Mission Impossible style)
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Coventry Carol
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Unfortunately, all the other volumes (2-6) are on the Robert Elkjer site https://robertelkjer.net/TrbnQuartetPage12.html except volume 1.

A web search finds it here:
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