Yule Music Through the Ages Celebrates Christmas Song
A survey of Christmas music from medieval carols to modern hits notes how tunes express reverence and joy. It traces works from Hays to Handel, Bach, Berlioz, Menotti, Britten, and the tradition of carols like The Boar's Head and The First Nowell alongside holiday standards.
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Hays
Mary
Josep
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Luther
Orient
Bethlehem
Rudolph
Frosty
East R
Berlioz
Menat
Telewino
Candlema’s
First U.S. Christmas Carol Tied to William Billings
The 18th century leather worker William Billings, a tauner by trade, wrote A Virgin Unspotted the first Christmas carol composed in the United States. His tunesmith efforts helped persuade Puritan New England settlers that singing at Christmas was not sinful.
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St. Basi the Great
Greces
Victorius
Julian
St. Basil's
United States
William Fillings
Billings
William Billings
England
Inderdt
New England
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Hymn Origins
The hymn’s words were written by Edmund H Sears a Universalist from Weston Massachusetts about a century ago The tune was composed by a Detroit journalist and editor another melody was adapted from an old British folk tune by a composer better known
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Weston
Mass
Edmund H. Sears
Detroit
Sullivan Leads Team Amid Jumble of Names
A garbled historical note references Sir Active Sullivan and a team led by Sullivan but mixes numerous phrases. The readable fragment hints at a long string of lighthearted items surrounding Sullivan and a team, with unclear surrounding details. The item appears as a playful sports-banter snippet from a bygone era.
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Ita Pu
Sllivan
and Sullivan
Wanes
Dear Santa Letter from Phyllis Myers in Howe
A garbled letter asks Santa for a Skiper with bendable logo and a Viewmaster set. The sender signs as Phyllis Myers and provides a Howe address.
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Santa
Ike
Senita Claus
Phyllis Myers
E. Main
Howe
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St. Basil
Greece
U.S
Gristmas
Viorious
Whitley Jewelry
Hotel
Liano Bidg
Best
Elsa
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