Our Yuletide Songbook

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1What Child is This
cover recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
Andy Williams2:27
2O Holy Night
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Bobby Vinton3:36
3Deck the Halls
cover recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
Doris Day1:37
4O Come All Ye Faithful
cover recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
John Davidson2:20
5Silent Night Holy Night
cover recording of:
Silent Night, Holy Night (arranged by Malcolm Sargent)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author)
arranger:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
Kate Smith3:22
6Hark The Herald Angels Sing
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
Nelson Eddy1:34
7Ave Maria
cover recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Mike Douglas2:35
8Panis Angelicus
vocals:
Robert Goulet (singer, actor)
recording of:
Panis Angelicus (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
César Franck (Belgian‐born French composer)
arrangement of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
Robert Goulet3:15
9Toyland
recording of:
Toyland
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
librettist:
Glen MacDonough
part of:
Babes in Toyland
Maureen McGovern4:12
10Angels We Have Heard
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
The Clancy Brothers3:00

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