| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Partial lyrics and notes inserted in container. |
| Contents |
1. Advent of Christmas. Christmas on Main Street, the pagent begins ; O come, little children (Ihr Kinderlein, kommet) ; O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel) ; Huron carol ; O come, all ye faithful -- II. The kings. Personet hodie ; Kings came riding (poem) / Charles Williams ; This great day (Ce matin) ; We three kings ; The wise men ask the children the way / Heine, trans. Geoffrey Grigson -- III. Gifts for the baby. Winter, II / Vivaldi ; We are the poor children (poem) / Richard Middleton ; What shall we bring? (El noi de la mare) ; How far is it to Bethlehem (poem) / Frances Chesterton -- IV. Saint Nicholas. Jolly old Saint Nicholas -- V. Christmas around the world. O Tannenbaum ; God rest ye merry gentlemen ; Swedish dance (Nu ar det Jul igen) -- VI. Christmas is i'comin. Christmas is i'comin -- VII. Christmas eve. Christmas eve is here (Voici le Noël) ; Joseph, dearest/Brahms' lullaby (Joseph, Lieber, Joseph mein) ; Christmas carol (poem) / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Silent night ; The story of Silent night (poem) / [John Travers Moore] ; O holy night (Cantique de noël) ; Nutcracker suite overture / Tchaikovsky ; 'Twas the night before Christmas (poem) / Clement |
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Clarke Moore -- VIII. The shepherds. Messiah. Pifa / Handel -- The oxen (poem) / Thomas Hardy ; While shepherds watched their flocks ; O little town of Bethlehem ; What is this perfume? (Quelle est cette odeur?) ; Christmas carol (poem) / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- IX. Christmas Day. Angels we have heard on high/Hark! the herald angels sing ; Polish lullaby (Lulajze Jesuniu) ; Go tell it on the mountain -- X. The animals at the manger. Sussex carol ; The barn (poem) / Elizabeth Coatsworth ; Away in a manger ; Two medieval myths (poem) ; What child is this? (Greensleeves) ; What the mice saw (poem) / Amanda Grant ; What the donkey saw (poem) / U.A. Fanthorpe ; From the East the donkey came (Orientis partibus) ; The friendly beasts -- XI. Christmas of old. Good King Wenceslas ; Here we come awassailing -- XII. Epiphany. D'où viens tu, bergère/Joy to the world ; Away in a manger/Angels we have heard on high ; In the bleak midwinter ; The pageant ends. |
| Performer |
Various artists. |
| Language |
Sung in English and German. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Christmas poetry.
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Christmas music.
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Christmas stories.
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| ISBN |
1894502213 |
| Music No. |
84354-2 Classical Kids |
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