Welcome Christmas by Albert Hague (1920-2001) Albert Hague was a German-born songwriter, composer, and actor. Hague’s Broadway Musicals include Plain and Fancy (1955), Redhead (1959), and The Fig Leaves Are Falling (1969, with lyrics by Allan Sherman). Famous songs he wrote include “Young and Foolish”, “Look Who’s in Love” and “Did I Ever Really Live?” …
Away In The Manger by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932) Charles Hutchinson Gabriel was a writer of gospel songs and composer of gospel tunes. He is said to have written and/or composed between 7,000 and 8,000 songs, many of which are available in 21st century hymnals. He used several pseudonyms, including Charlotte G. Homer, H. A. …
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Go Tell It On The Mountain by John Wesley Work Jr (1871 -1873) Go Tell It on the Mountain” is an African-American spiritual song, compiled by John Wesley Work, Jr., dating back to at least 1865, that has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular performers. It is considered a Christmas carol because …
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O Holy Night by Adolphe Charles Adam (1803 -1856) Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1844) and Le corsaire (1856, his last work), his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836), Le toréador (1849) and Si …
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman by Anonymous God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (also known as God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen) is an English traditional Christmas carol. The melody is in Aeolian mode. It was published by William B. Sandys in 1833, although the author is unknown.
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by George Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, and concertos. Handel was born in Germany in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. He received critical musical training in Italy before settling in London and becoming a …
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Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer by Orvon Grover Autry (1907-1998) Orvon Grover Autry, better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s. Although his signature song was “Back in the Saddle …
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Here Comes Santa Claus by Orvon Grover Autry (1907-1998) Orvon Grover Autry, better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s. Although his signature song was “Back in the Saddle Again,” …
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Frosty The Snowman by Orvon Grover Autry (1907-1998) Orvon Grover Autry, better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s. Although his signature song was “Back in the Saddle Again,” Autry …
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Waltz Of The Flowers From The Nutcracker Ballet (Opus 71) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) The “Waltz of the Flowers” (1892) is a piece of orchestral music from the 2nd Act of The Nutcracker, a ballet composed by Tchaikovsky. The waltz is also the last number in his Nutcracker Suite. The “Waltz of the Flowers” …
