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Christmas Countdown Conclusion: Auld Lang Syne

December 31, 2021
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“Auld Lang Syne” is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song. It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world; its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it […]

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Christmas Music Composers by the Numbers

December 28, 2021
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Christmas Countdown: Hallelujah Chorus

December 25, 2021
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  Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the Psalms. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, and received its London premiere nearly a year later. After an initially modest […]

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Have a Merry, Musical Christmas!

December 25, 2021
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    Find MrsO in the video!  

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Christmas Countdown: O Holy Night

December 24, 2021
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“O Holy Night” (“Cantique de Noël”) is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem “Minuit, chrétiens” (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808–1877). Cappeau, a wine merchant and poet, had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem. Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight’s […]

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The Most Educational Christmas Carol Ever ~ “Intervals Roasting”

December 23, 2021
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Music theory has never sounded so catchy with this witty remake of the holiday classic The Christmas Song (with apologies to Mel Torme) Try not to laugh at the ending. Though it is a bit humorous, this version titled ‘Intervals Roasting’, with lyrics by David Rakowski, attempts to encapsulate the fundamentals of music theory in […]

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Christmas Countdown: Adeste Fideles

December 22, 2021
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  “O Come, All Ye Faithful” (originally written in Latin as Adeste Fideles) is a Christmas carol which has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade (1711–1786), John Reading (1645–1692) and King John IV of Portugal (1604–1656), with the earliest manuscript of the hymn bearing his name, located in the library of the […]

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Christmas Countdown: Gesù Bambino

December 21, 2021
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  Gesù Bambino by Pietro Yon has always had a place in my childhood memories since my church choir sang it every Christmas.  Other than that, it didn’t seem to be too well known but this song has been turning up in piano books lately.  There are now several versions in the O’Connor Music Studio […]

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Christmas Countdown: Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker

December 20, 2021
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  A few years ago, we went to see Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker… From http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/George-Balanchine-s-The-Nutcracker.aspx During the holiday period, the entire Company is immersed in activities surrounding George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™. All 90 dancers, 62 musicians, 32 stagehands and two casts of 50 young students each from the School of American Ballet join forces to make each performance as […]

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Christmas Countdown: Johnny Marks

December 19, 2021
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Who? You might say. Johnny Marks  (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter. Although he was Jewish, he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (a hit for Gene Autry and others) “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (a hit for Brenda Lee) “A Holly Jolly […]

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