"Christmas Instrumentals Volume.2" : 2009
Pretty much the same sing-a-long with many guitars/synth layers (and synth bass).
Most start out with basic melody then subsequent various harmonies added and added.
All Public Domain material, can be played for any purpose (except commerical uses
without permission). Traditional hymns and carols and even made a plain text and
*(have not had time to prepare syllabic files yet, just go with the basic melody...)
how-to-sing-these syllabic (may have to right-click) files for your home sing-along.
Once In Royal David's City (4:20)
1848 Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander .Lyrics.
(...some sources attribute another couple of verses (that do not seem to fit!) to
(...Henry J. Gaunlet 1892 but the first known performance of this arrangement was in
(...1860 by the Choir of King's Chapel, King's College, Cambridge...)
Coventry Carol (2:46)
1534 Robert Croo .Lyrics.
(...performed in Coventry as part of a play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors...)
(...the oldest known printing of the melody dates from 1591
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (2:37)
lyrics 1864 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow .Lyrics.
(...originally a poem, "Christmas Bells," containing seven stanzas. In 1872 John Baptiste Calkin
(...omitted two stanzas which contained references to the American Civil War and wrote the
(...modern (now traditional) musical adaptation.
Away In A Manger (2:31)
lyrics 1885 J.R. Murray / music 1895 W.J. Kirkpatrick .Lyrics.
(...some attribute the lyrics as generally anonymous but were first published in 1887.
(...some think the modern version was written in 1904 by Dr. John McFarland and some
(...other musical arrangement by a Mr. Jonathan E. Spillman.
Good Christian Men Rejoice (2:14)
lyrics unknown / 14th Century Germany .Lyrics.
Christ Was Born On Christmas Day 13th century Latin hymn, "Resonet In Laudibus" Not Finished
Deck The Hall 18th Century Traditional Welsh Carol Not Finished
O Little Town Of Bethlehem 1867 words Phillips Brooks / music Lewis H. Redner Not Finished
Good King Wenceslas 1582 Swedish Piae Cantiones, translation by Rev. John Mason Neale 1854 Not Finished
The Twelve Days Of Christmas Traditional 16th Century English Carol Not Finished
* Recorded at Guest House Studios, Phoenix, Arizona
(...strange slight distortion upon mp3 conversion, can not isolate problem, not any of
(...the 4 guitars, checked. Not any of the 7 horn tracks. Not on the master wav file. Seem
(...to suspect is some kind of combination. The mp3 sounds good in RealPlayer™ and
(...WinAmp™ but not msMP or qwiktime. Might have to start all over or just fuggedaboudit
(...or spend more time trying to sample the frequency so I can fix that... ugh, sorry...
(...Translated into English by Rev.John Mason Neale in 1853
(...first known publication date 1780. Between 1558 and 1829, it was illegal to be Catholic
(...in England. Legend indicates that as a means of teaching the faith to young Catholics,
(...the song was created using hidden messages.