Beloved Christmas carols: Chanticleer sings "In the bleak midwinter"
At least within the context of Christian worship, the male chorus can be dated back to priests singing liturgical prayers, …Read the Rest
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Beloved Christmas carols: Silver Bells
Silver Bells, which appeared in 1951, comes at the end of an amazing 19-year run that witnessed 19 Christmas songs …Read the Rest
Beloved Christmas carols: O Holy Night
Isn’t it hard to believe that such a beloved Christmas carol as O Holy Night was actually banned by the …Read the Rest
Beloved Christmas carols: O come all ye faithful
O come all ye faithful shows that conspiracy theories are not new in our time. Once scholars turned their attention …Read the Rest
Beloved Christmas carols: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town is a product of Tin Pan Alley, with words by Haven Gillispie and music …Read the Rest
Nutcracker: Tchaikovsky’s Christmas ballet
For some reason, Americans turn to Tchaikovsky for special holiday celebrations: 1812 Overture for the Fourth of July and The …Read the Rest
Beloved Christmas carols: Good Christian men, rejoice
Both the original text and tune of “Good Christian Men, Rejoice” appeared in early fourteenth-century Germany. European conditions then were …Read the Rest
Gisele MacKenzie sings Papa Loves Mambo in a holiday setting. 12-18-1954
The mambo, a Cuban dance form, first became popular in the United States in the late 1940s and reached its …Read the Rest
Beloved Christmas carols: O come, o come Emmanuel
“O come, o come Emmanuel” is among the oldest of hymns still known, both in terms of the words and …Read the Rest
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