Following the Victorian rediscovery (and regimentation) of the English carol dating from the Middle Ages, the carol tradition in England remained strong and thrived under several great composers: Holst, Britten, and Rutter among the more well-known
Joan Lippincott's seventy-fifth birthday will be marked with the publication of a festschrift, Joan Lippincott . . . the gift of music, from which was excerpted this interview