When Christ Was Born of Mary Free
The music: an English Carol, the text: from a Harleian manuscript, 1456, the format: SAB voices with piano and optional bells. The bells are scored along with the other parts and range from C#5 to G6. The text begins, "When Christ was born of Mary free, in Bethlehem that fair city, angels sang with glee: 'In excelsis gloria.'"