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Choral conductor Jeremy Summerly discovers how singing carols was once again hugely popular by the mid-19th century. From December 2013. Show more
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Jeremy Summerly discovers how the gallery tradition, which was squeezed out of 19th-century church worship, steadfastly refused to die. From December 2013. Show more
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Jeremy Summerly traces the now familiar carol service back to Truro in 1918, courtesy of Bishop Benson. From December 2013. Show more
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Jeremy Summerly explores how carols from all over the world became more popular in Britain during the first half of the 20th century. From December 2013. Show more
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Jeremy Summerly concludes his history of the carol tradition, pondering the success of new carols over the last century. From December 2010. Show more
Jeremy Summerly completes his history, covering the 19th-century revival and golden age to the invention of the Nine Lessons with Carols service in Truro. Show more
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In his account of the tradition, Jeremy Summerly uncovers a developing professionalism in carol singing and writing. From December 2013. Show more
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Jeremy Summerly describes the impact of the Reformation and Puritan attitudes to music in his history of carols. From December 2013. Show more
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Choral conductor and scholar Jeremy Summerly visits Dorchester where Thomas Hardy captured the caroling tradition. From December 2013. Show more
Choral conductor and scholar Jeremy Summerly traces the origins and traditions of the Christmas carol in Britain from early Medieval records to the wealth and variety of today. Show more
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Choral conductor Jeremy Summerly discovers the carol he believes to be the very first written in English. From December 2013. Show more
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Choral conductor Jeremy Summerly discovers how the Franciscans used the carol to make the birth of Jesus a focus. From December 2013. Show more
