Carols & Hymns: The Christmas Collection

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1O Come All Ye Faithful
arranger:
Ray Steadman-Allen (Composer for the Salvation Army)
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)
Cambridge Heath Band & Ilford Songsters?:??
2Christmas Joy
recording of:
Christmas Joy (Erik Leidzén)
composer:
Erik Leidzén
Cambridge Heath Band?:??
3Rise Up, Shepherd
arranger:
Leonard Ballantine (Canadian composer for the Salvation Army)
Ilford Songsters?:??
4Christmas Praise
arranger:
Noel Jones (bandmaster, composer for the Salvation Army)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
medley including a instrumental 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)
Cambridge Heath Band?:??
5Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus
Chelmsford Citadel Singing Company?:??
6Good King Wenceslas
arranger:
Morley Calvert
Cambridge Heath Band?:??
7Ding Dong! Merrily on High
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Mack Wilberg)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Mack Wilberg
arrangement of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Ilford Songsters?:??
8We Three Kings
arranger:
Charles Skinner
instrumental recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Cambridge Heath Band?:??
9Away in a Manger
arranger:
Gordon Camsey
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (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
Ilford Songsters?:??
10Deck the Halls
arranger:
Barrie Gott (composer in the Salvation Army)
instrumental recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
Cambridge Heath Band?:??
11Silent Night
arranger:
Keith Prynn
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Ilford Songsters?:??
12Il est ne
arranger:
Kevin Norbury (composer in the Salvation Army)
instrumental recording of:
Il est né le divin enfant
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Cambridge Heath Band?:??
13The Christmas Tree
recording of:
The Christmas Tree
lyricist and composer:
Ronald Foot
Chelmsford Citadel Singing Company?:??
14Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
arranger:
Richard Phillips (bandmaster, arranger for the Salvation Army)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
Cambridge Heath Band & Ilford Songsters?:??
15O Holy Night
arranger:
Keith Prynn
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Ilford Songsters?:??
16Carolcade
arranger:
Trevor Davis (Salvation Army)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
Cambridge Heath Band?:??
17O Little Town of Bethlehem
arranger:
Keith Prynn
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 (English composer) (in 1906)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (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.)
Ilford Songsters?:??
18While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
arranger:
Charles Skinner
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Christopher Tye (English composer & organist, c. 1505–1573)
arranger:
George Kirbye
is based on:
Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
is based on:
Winchester Old
Cambridge Heath Band?:??
19Coventry Carol
recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist:
Robert Croo (16th-century lyricist of "The Coventry Carol") (in 1534)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
Ilford Songsters?:??
20Joy to the World
recording of:
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)
Ilford Songsters?:??
21O Come All Ye Faithful
arranger:
Charles Skinner
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)
Cambridge Heath Band & Ilford Songsters?:??

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