Joy: A Christmas Collection

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Tracklist

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1Joy (To the World)
recording of:
Joy (To the World)
writer:
Brown Bannister, Grant Cunningham and Dan Muckala
quotes lyrics from:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
4:32
2The Angels Medley
medley including a recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown]
composer:
[traditional]
translator:
James Chadwick (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
medley including a recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 26)
medley including a recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional]
6:04
3Don’t Save It All for Christmas Day
cover recording of:
Don’t Save It All for Christmas Day
writer:
Céline Dion, Ric Wake and Peter Zizzo
publisher:
Connotation Music, Pez Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Co.
4:43
4Jesus Born on This Day
cover recording of:
Jesus Born on This Day
writer:
Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey
publisher:
Rye Songs and Sony Songs Inc.
4:23
5Winter Wonderland
recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music, Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
2:41
6Light a Candle
recording of:
Light a Candle
writer:
Wayne Haun and Joel Lindsey
3:42
7Good News
recording of:
Good News
writer:
Rob Mathes
6:01
8The Christmas Song
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé and Robert Wells (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (from 1946 to present)
4:46
9Manger Medley
medley including a recording of:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
writer:
[traditional]
composer:
Carl Mueller and James Ramsey Murray (in 1885)
medley including a recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
lyricist and translator:
John Mason Neale
composer:
[anonymous]
part of:
Hymns Ancient and Modern (number: 36)
arrangement of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
medley including a recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
medley including a recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
5:48
10We Are the Reason
cover recording of:
We Are the Reason
lyricist and composer:
David Meece
publisher:
Word Music Publishing
4:57