Here's a selection of Victorian holiday music to test your musical talents!

The Christmas Polka (Illustrated London Almanack, 1850)

A Christmas Song (Chatterbox, 1874)

Sleigh Bells - words by J. Campfield Harman, music by Gordon Saunders (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1874)

An Old Christmas Carol (The First Nowell) (Girl's Own Paper, 1880)

A Christmas Carol, by Cotsford Dick (Girl's Own Paper, 1882)

The Angel's Song, by Frances Ridley Havergal & C.H. Purday (Girl's Own Paper, 1883)

The Girl's Own Carol, by Joseph Barnby (Girl's Own Paper, 1884)

A Christmas Welcome - words by George Weatherly, music by C.A. Macirone (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)

See, the Dawn from Heaven is Breaking! (Girl's Own Paper, 1886)

A Christmastide Remembrance - words by Mrs. Norton, music by C.A. Macirone (Girl's Own Paper, 1888)

In Vesture White: A Song and Chorale for Christmastide - words by Rev. Richard Wilton; music by Myles B. Foster (Girl's Own Paper, 1889)

Christmas Pastoral Operetta: The Queen of Arcadee, by Herbert Harraden (Girl's Own Paper, 1889)

The Pedlar: A Pastoral (for Christmas performance), by Herbert Harraden (Girl's Own Paper, 1891)

Old Daddy Christmas: A Musical Allegory, by Herbert Harraden (Girl's Own Paper, 1892)

Sweet Christmas Bells! - words by Samuel S. McCurry, music by Gerard F. Cobb (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)

Carol for Female Voices - words by Longfellow, music by William Hunt (Girl's Own Paper, 1894)

When Icicles Hang - words by Shakespeare, music by W.A. Roberts (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)

Joy Cometh in the Morning: A Short Cantata for Girls' Voices - words by Helen Marion Burnside, music by Mary Augusta Salmond (Girl's Own Paper, 1896)

• See also Games & Entertainments for Christmas plays and pageants with music.