Joy to the World / The Holly & The Ivy

~ Recording by John Adams

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Joy to the World / The Holly & The Ivy5:41John AdamsMy Christmas ListJohn AdamsAlbum
Blue Tulip Music

Relationships

producer:John Adams (John Denver tribute singer of Dutch origin)
12 string guitar, acoustic guitar and percussion:John Adams (John Denver tribute singer of Dutch origin)
accordion and harp:Keely Brown
bass:Willie Hoevers
bass flute and piccolo:Lisa Fisher (American vocalist)
cello:Stephen Weidner
electric guitar, mandolin and violin:Randy Utterback
electric piano [electronic piano] and strings:Tim Stroud
flute:Dawn DeLucia - Adams
Lisa Fisher (American vocalist)
piano and background vocals:Keely Brown
Tim Stroud
recorded at:Blue Tulip Music Studio in Silverthorne, Colorado, United States
recording of:Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
The Holly and the Ivy

Joy to the World (Christmas carol)

lyricist:Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:Lowell Mason (in 1839)
referred to in medleys:Christmas Train (medley)
Jingle Bells Medley (Psalty’s Christmas Calamity)
Joy to the Wonderful World
A Christmas Festival (order: 1)
Joy to the World / It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (order: 1)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 1)
Kuklapolitan Christmas Carol Medley (order: 2)
Medley: Deck the Halls / Joy to the World / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (order: 2)
Christmas Medley (Pokémon) (order: 4)
“Unbegun” Symphony: Andante—Allegro (order: 12)
later parody versions:Cobb to the World
Joy to the Phone
乜鬼都買
later translated versions:Līksmi lai skan (Latvian version of English "Joy to the World")
Nu is er hoop
O Newydd Llon
Riemuita saa (translated by V. Arti)
Riemuita saa! (translated by Hilkka Norkamo)
もろびとこぞりて
later versions:Joy to the World (Dave Brubeck's arrangement)
is the basis for:Good King Joy
Joy to the World (Mariah Carey song, based off both the Christmas carol and the Hoyt Axton/Three Dog Night song)
PDX-mas Carol
Suite on Famous Christmas Carols: I. Joy to the World!
arrangements:Joy to the World (Geoff Zanelli's arrangement)
Joy to the World (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
Joy to the World (Peter Cardinali arrangement)
Joy to the World
Joy to the World (John Rutter's arrangement)
Joy to the World (arr. Johnson and Ricketts)
Joy to the World (arr. Keyte & Parrott)
Joy to the World (arr. Aly and AJ)
Joy to the World (arr. Scott Kritzer)
Joy to the World (Pentatonix arrangement)
Joy to the World (trad. arr. by The Mighty Fine Band)
Joy to the World (arr. Bruce Cockburn)
Joy to the World (arr. Nossa Bossa Nova) (translated)
Joy to the World (Psalty's Family Christmas Sing Along - arr Rettino/Kerner)
Joy to the World (Carla Bley arrangement)
Joy to the World (arr. Berry & Howard)
Joy to the World (lo‐fi arrangement)
Joy to the World
Joy to the World (Spider-Verse)
Joy to the World (Jingle Bells) (Psalty)
Joy to the World (Our God Reigns) (Sovereign Grace version of Joy to the World)
Joy to the World (Unspeakable Joy)
Joy to the World! (arr. John Carter)
music quoted in:Kiss’in Christmas
lyrics quoted in:Joy (To the World)
Kiss’in Christmas

The Holly and the Ivy

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
later versions:Holly, Ivy, and Rose
is the basis for:Sans Day Carol
The Holly & The Ivy
The Holly & The Ivy (Feral Pig & Cane Toad) (Parody)
The Holly and the Ivy
Three Nativity Carols: I. The Holly and the Ivy
arrangements:The Holly & The Ivy (arr. Blake)
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Britten)
The Holly and the Ivy (Ben Shive arrangement)
The Holly and the Ivy (Modern carol by June Nixon)
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies)
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Rutter)
The Holly and the Ivy (for brass quintet)
The Holly and the Ivy (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Gjeilo)
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Thomson)