I Am Santa’s Helper: Songs for Christmas, Volume 7

~ Release by Sufjan Stevens (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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Released commercially as part of a box set, this was originally only privately released to family and friends.
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Annotation last modified on 2017-08-06 05:15 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Christ the Lord Is Born
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
cover recording of:
Narodil se Kristus Pán (Christ the Lord Is Born)
composer:
Leoš Janáček (Czech composer)
part of:
Janáček's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček (number: JW VIII/20)
part of:
Intimní skici
0:48
2Christmas Woman
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Christmas Woman
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
5:33
3Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: “Break forth, O beauteous, heavenly light”
additional lyricist:
Fred Pratt Green
lyricist:
Johann von Rist (in 1641)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Johann Schop
translator:
John Troutbeck (clergyman and translator) (in 1885)
translated version of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, XII. Choral „Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht“
1:09
4Happy Family Christmas
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Happy Family Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
1:23
5Jingle Bells
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
1:19
6Mysteries of the Christmas Mist
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Mysteries of the Christmas Mist
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
2:10
7Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
1:20
8We Wish You a Merry Christmas
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
cover recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
1:16
9Ah Holy Jesus
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
cover recording of:
Ah Holy Jesu, how hast thou offended? (Hymn)
lyricist:
Johann Heermann
composer:
Johann Crüger
translator:
Robert Bridges (poet)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 62)
is based on:
Herzliebster Jesu (Hymn tune)
2:42
10Behold! The Birth of Man, the Face of Glory
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Behold! The Birth of Man, the Face of Glory
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
1:09
11Ding-A-Ling-A-Ring-A-Ling
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Ding‐A‐Ling‐A‐Ring‐A‐Ling
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
1:50
12How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
cover recording of:
How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?
lyricist:
Paul Gerhardt (17th century hymn writer)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translator:
John Troutbeck (clergyman and translator)
2:09
13Mr. Frosty Man
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Mr. Frosty Man
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
1:50
14Make Haste to See the Baby
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Make Haste to See the Baby
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
1:23
15Ah Holy Jesus (with reed organ)
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
cover recording of:
Ah Holy Jesu, how hast thou offended? (Hymn)
lyricist:
Johann Heermann
composer:
Johann Crüger
translator:
Robert Bridges (poet)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 62)
is based on:
Herzliebster Jesu (Hymn tune)
1:29
16Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
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)
1:51
17Morning (sacred harp)
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Morning
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1709)
composer:
Amos Pilsbury (composer) (in 1799)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 163t)
2:28
18Idumea (sacred harp)
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
cover recording of:
Idumea (Sacred Harp hymn 47b)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1763)
composer:
Ananias Davisson (shape note songster) (in 1816)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 47b) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6678)
is based on:
Am I Born to Die? (catch-all for hymn with lyrics beginning with "And am I born to die? / To lay this body down?")
is based on:
Idumea (traditional Southern-American tune for multiple hymns)
3:50
19Eternal Happiness or Woe
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Eternal Happiness or Woe
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
1:23
20Ah Holy Jesus (a cappella)
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
cover recording of:
Ah Holy Jesu, how hast thou offended? (Hymn)
lyricist:
Johann Heermann
composer:
Johann Crüger
translator:
Robert Bridges (poet)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 62)
is based on:
Herzliebster Jesu (Hymn tune)
1:00
21I Am Santa’s Helper
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
I Am Santa’s Helper (You Are Santa’s Slave)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
1:51
22“Maoz Tzur” (Rock of Ages)
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
cover recording of:
Ma’oz Tzur
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
0:42
23Even the Earth Will Perish and the Universe Give Way
engineer:
Daniel Smith (engineer)
recording of:
Even the Earth Will Perish and the Universe Give Way
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
2:01

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included in:Silver & Gold
part of:Songs for Christmas (number: 7) (order: 8)