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” …
Silver Bells by Jay Livingston (1915-2001) “Silver Bells” is a classic Christmas song, composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. The lyric is unusual for a Christmas song in that it describes the festival in the city and not a rural setting. Silver Bells was first performed by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the …
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear by Edmund Sears (1810-1876) “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” is a poem and Christmas carol written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the Unitarian Church in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Sears’ lyrics are most commonly set to one of two melodies: “Carol,” composed by Richard Storrs Willis, or “Noel,” adapted from …
O Christmas Tree by Ernst Gebhard Anschütz (1780-1861) “O Tannenbaum”, or, in its English version, “O Christmas Tree”, is a Christmas carol of German origin. A Tannenbaum is a fir tree (German: die Tanne) or Christmas tree (der Weihnachtsbaum). Its evergreen qualities have long inspired musicians to write several “Tannenbaum” songs in German. The best …
We Three Kings by William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) “We Three Kings”, also known as “We Three Kings of Orient Are” or “The Quest of the Magi”, is a Christmas carol written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr., who wrote both the lyrics and the music. It is suggested to have been written in 1857 …
What Child is This by William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) “What Child Is This?” is a popular Christmas carol written in 1865. At the age of twenty-nine, English writer William Chatterton Dix was struck with a sudden near-fatal illness and confined to bedrest for several months, during which he went into a deep depression. Yet out …
The First Noel by Anonymous The First Nowell (also written The First Noël) is a traditional classical English carol, most likely from the 18th century, although possibly earlier. The word Noel comes from the French word Noël meaning “Birthday”, from the Latin word natalis “birthday”.
