Simply Christmas

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1Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
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)
The Blossom Street Singers2:50
2Good King Wenceslas
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum
The Blossom Street Singers2:29
3Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
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)
The Blossom Street Singers2:15
4Once in Royal David's City
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 34)
The Blossom Street Singers2:49
5God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
The Blossom Street Singers1:50
6Ding Dong Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau
is based on:
Branle de l’official
The Blossom Street Singers1:42
7The Holly and the Ivy
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
The Blossom Street Singers2:54
8Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
The Blossom Street Singers2:52
9In the Bleak Midwinter
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Gustav Holst (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 28)
is based on:
Cranham (hymn tune)
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
part of:
3 Hymns for the English Hymnal
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter
composer:
[unknown]
The Blossom Street Singers3:14
10It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
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)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
The Blossom Street Singers2:12
11We Three Kings
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
The Blossom Street Singers2:20
12O Come All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
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)
The Blossom Street Singers3:39
13Sussex Carol
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 597)
The Blossom Street Singers1:44
14The First Noel
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional]
The Blossom Street Singers3:29
15O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (in 1906)
composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 32)
is based on:
The Ploughboy's Dream
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
The Blossom Street Singers3:22
16Silent Night, Holy Night
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
arranger:
Robert Strauss
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
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
The Blossom Street Singers2:39
17I Saw Three Ships
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
The Blossom Street Singers2:01
18While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Christopher Tye
arranger:
George Kirbye
is based on:
Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
is based on:
Winchester Old
The Blossom Street Singers2:07
19Deck the Halls
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional]
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
The Blossom Street Singers1:19
20We Wish You a Merry Christmas
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (in 2010)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
The Blossom Street Singers1:29