20 Christmas Songs

~ Release by The Canterbury Choir with Strings (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Adeste Fidelis
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
3:24
2White Christmas
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control, EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
3:27
3Ave Maria
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
5:47
4Deck the Halls
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional]
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
1:16
5Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
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)
3:25
6Winter Wonderland
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
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)
2:13
7Little Drummer Boy
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
3:17
8The First Noel
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
2:41
9The Holly and the Ivy
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
2:27
10Jingle Bells
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
1:47
11O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
2:24
12O Holy Night
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
3:09
13Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
2:22
14The Christmas Song
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
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)
3:40
15I Wonder as I Wander
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
I Wonder as I Wander
lyricist and composer:
John Jacob Niles (from 1933-07-16 until 1933-10-04)
3:46
16O Christmas Tree
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
O Christmas Tree (English version of German "O Tannenbaum")
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional]
translator:
[unknown]
translated version of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
1:42
17Ave Maria
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
5:16
18It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
3:03
19O Come Little Children
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
O Come, Little Children (English version of German "Ihr Kinderlein, kommet")
composer:
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (in 1790)
translator:
Melanie Schulte
translated version of:
Ihr Kinderlein, kommet (O, Come, Little Children)
2:09
20Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
choir vocals:
The Canterbury Choir
recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing, EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス, フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
2:38

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