Posts Tagged ‘Classics’

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    Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Song
    Story behind the Song: “Jingle Bells”, also known as “One Horse Open Sleigh”, is one of the best known and commonly sung secular Christmas songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and copyrighted under the title ‘One Horse Open Sleigh’ on September 16, 1857. The song has been translated into many languages. Lyrics: Dashing...
    by at November 23rd, 2008 at 07:11 pm
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    O Come all ye faithful Song
    Story behind the song: The text to the Carol O Come All Ye Faithful was originally written in Latin (Adeste Fideles) and was intended to be a hymn, it is attributed to John Wade, an Englishman. The music to O Come All Ye Faithful was composed by fellow Englishman John Reading in the early 1700s. The tune was first published in a collection known as “Cantus Diversi”...
    by at November 21st, 2008 at 07:11 pm
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    We three kings of Orient are Song
    Author: John H. Hopkins, Jr., 1857. Hopkins wrote this carol for a Christmas pageant at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Lyrics: We three kings of Orient are; Bearing gifts we traverse afar, Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star. O star of wonder, star of light, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide...
    by at November 7th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
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    Silent Night Holy Night Song
    Story Behind the Song: The origin of the Christmas carol we know as Silent Night was a poem that was written in 1816 by an Austrian priest called Joseph Mohr. On Christmas Eve in 1818 in the small alpine village called Oberndorf it is reputed that the organ at St. Nicholas Church had broken. Joseph Mohr gave the poem of Silent Night (Stille Nacht) to his friend Franz Xavier...
    by at November 5th, 2008 at 09:11 pm
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