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In common with many traditional songs and carols, the lyrics vary across books. The versions compared below are taken from The New English Hymnal (1986) (which is the version used in Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer's Carols, New and Old), [1] [13] Ralph Dunstan's gallery version in the Cornish Songbook (1929) [14] and Reverend Charles Lewis Hutchins's version in Carols Old and Carols ...
The work presents a sequence of carols and scenes bookmarked between God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen and The First Nowell: [3] Prelude: God rest you merry – The truth sent from above; Angelus ad Virginem; The Salutation Carol; The Cherry Tree Carol part 1: Joseph was an old man; The Cherry Tree Carol part 2: As Joseph was awalking; Joseph and Mary
A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas and holiday season. The term noel has sometimes been used, especially for carols of French origin. [1] Christmas carols may be regarded as a subset of the broader category of Christmas music.
lyrics: Gustave Gaillardon; music: Louis-Claude d'Aquin: early 20th century (lyrics), c. 1757 (music) Set to the melody of d'Aquin’s 10th Noël; musical score at archive.org "C'est Noël" lyrics: Jean Manse; music: Henri Betti: 1956 Song written for the movie Honoré de Marseille with Fernandel "Dans cette étable" words 19th century
William Sandys (1792 – 18 February 1874) (pronounced "Sands") was an English solicitor, member of the Percy Society, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and remembered for his publication Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (London, Richard Beckley, 1833), a collection of seasonal carols that Sandys had gathered and also apparently improvised.
The U.S Army Band performs a Christmas concert in 2010.. Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season.Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of carols, may employ lyrics about the nativity of Jesus Christ, traditions such as gift-giving and merrymaking, cultural figures such as Santa Claus ...
Sir Christèmas" (or Sir Christëmas) is a traditional British Christmas carol. [1] The song's lyrics and melody are by an unknown author, with the first record of the song in the Ritson Manuscript , dating the song to some point before 1510.
Though the first three EPs had already been available on Sufjan Stevens-related fansites for several years, Songs for Christmas is the first official release of these EPs. Most of the tracks are versions of traditional Christmas songs, with a number of original compositions such as "Sister Winter" and "Star of Wonder".