Editing Christmas music (section)

===Choirmasters poll===
In 2008, ''[[BBC Music Magazine]]'' published a poll of the "50 Greatest Carols", compiled from the views of choral experts and choirmasters in the UK and the US. The resulting list of the top ten favored Christmas carols and [[motet]]s was:<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leach |first=Ben |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/3631068/In-the-Bleak-Midwinter-voted-greatest-carol-of-all-time.html |title=In the Bleak Midwinter voted greatest carol of all time |date=December 7, 2008 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=October 4, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320174325/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/3631068/In-the-Bleak-Midwinter-voted-greatest-carol-of-all-time.html |archive-date=March 20, 2017 |location=London}}</ref><ref name="bbc-pr">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2008/11_november/in_the_bleak_midwinter.shtml |title=BBC Press Office - In The Bleak Midwinter hits top spot as greatest carol ever |publisher=BBC |access-date=October 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004081048/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2008/11_november/in_the_bleak_midwinter.shtml |archive-date=October 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.classical-music.com/issue/december-2008 |title=A Christmas special: 50 Greatest Carols |date=December 2008 |work=BBC Music Magazine |access-date=October 4, 2019}}</ref>

# "[[In the Bleak Midwinter]]" – [[Harold Darke]]
# "[[In Dulci Jubilo]]" – traditional
# "[[A Spotless Rose]]" – [[Herbert Howells]]
# "[[Bethlehem Down]]" – [[Peter Warlock]]
# "[[Coventry Carol|Lully, Lulla]]" – traditional
# "[[Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day]]"
# "[[Trinity Carol Roll|There Is No Rose]]" - traditional (15th c.)
# "[[O Come, All Ye Faithful]]"
# "[[Of the Father's Heart Begotten]]"
# "What Sweeter Music" – [[John Rutter]]