The Christmas Companion: Stories, Songs, and Sketches

~ Release by Garrison Keillor (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Wise Men Blues
Pat Donohue3:42
2Rhubarb
compilation of:
Beebopareebop Rhubarb Pie, Part 1 by Garrison Keillor & Guy’s All‐Star Shoe Band (house band on A Prairie Home Companion) and Beebopareebop Rhubarb Pie, Part 2 by Garrison Keillor & Guy’s All‐Star Shoe Band (house band on A Prairie Home Companion)
live recording of:
Rhubarb Pie Jingle (on 1998-12-12)
lyricist:
Garrison Keillor
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
parody version of:
Short’nin’ Bread (traditional song)
Garrison Keillor & Guy’s All‐Star Shoe Band4:46
3Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
recorded at:
A Prairie Home Companion (1996-12-21)
recorded at:
Hill Auditorium (University of Michigan) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1996-12-21)
live recording of:
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (catch-all for arrangements) (on 1996-12-21)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arrangement of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14c. Па-де-де: Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже (The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Variation II: Dance of the sugar-plum fairy, Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
Sonos Handbell Ensemble2:13
4A Child Is Born (in Bethlehem)
live recording of:
A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) and George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Samuel Scheidt (composer)
Garrison Keillor & Musica Sacra3:57
5Count Your Blessings
recorded at:
A Prairie Home Companion (1997-12-20)
live recording of:
Count Your Blessings (on 1997-12-20)
lyricist:
Edith Temple
composer:
Reginald Morgan
John McDonough & Richard Dworsky2:38
6Away in a Manger
live recording of:
Away in a Manger (based on Spilman's Sweet Afton) (on 2003-12-20)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Jonathan E. Spilman
previously attributed to:
Martin Luther (German theologian of the Reformation)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
Renée Fleming & Fred Hersch2:39
7The Twelve Days of Christmas
Garrison Keillor2:46
8Christmas Eve Blues
Guy’s All Star Shoe Band2:47
9Guy Noir
compilation of:
Guy Noir, Part 1 by Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet, Guy Noir, Part 2 by Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet, Guy Noir, Part 3 by Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet, Guy Noir, Part 4 by Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet and Guy Noir, Part 5 by Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet
live recording of:
Guy Noir Theme (on 2004-12-11)
lyricist:
Richard Dworsky (in 1995) and Garrison Keillor (in 1995)
composer:
Richard Dworsky (in 1995)
Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet12:57
10Christmastime (Just in Time)
Inga Swearingen & Guy’s All‐Star Shoe Band3:03
11The Christmas Fire
compilation of:
The Christmas Fire, Part 1 by Garrison Keillor, The Christmas Fire, Part 2 by Garrison Keillor, The Christmas Fire, Part 3 by Garrison Keillor, The Christmas Fire, Part 4 by Garrison Keillor, The Christmas Fire, Part 5 by Garrison Keillor and The Christmas Fire, Part 6 by Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor16:11
12Silent Night
live instrumental recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Butch Thompson3:45
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part of:A Prairie Home Companion (albums) (order: 34)