American Christmas Music

American Christmas Music

Christmas Music in America CD

Christmas Music in New England CD

CDs of Christmas Music From Earlier America

Christmas Music CD Box Sets

Christmas With Mario Lanza

Christmas Classic Film Musicals on DVD

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CD: Christmas Music in America

Many people don't realize how many of the familiar Christmas carols and songs were written in the U.S.A.

Here is a CD with over an hour of Christmas musical treasures from two centuries of America's past, from 1778 to 1988. It was compiled by songwriter Roger Hall, who has included some of his own carols and arrangements, as well as Christmas music recorded by various popular singers from several Christmas Eve radio programs.

This CD is for personal non-commercial only and is available by a specific donation to help support the preservation mission of this web site.

Track titles:

I. Four Christmas Carols - composed and arranged by Roger Hall

1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
2. Prepare The Royal Highway (Swedish and English)
3. He Whom Shepherds Once Came Praising
4. Hail To The Joyous Day!

II. Christmas Carols From Colonial America

5. Boston -- music by William Billings (1778)
6. +Christmas Eve radio special (1987) -- guest: Roger Hall
7. +Judea -- words & music by William Billings (1778)
8. Bethlehem -- music by William Billings (1778)
9. Sherburne -- music by Daniel Read (1785)
10. Carol -- music by Supply Belcher (1794)
11. New Bethlehem -- music by Edward French (1799)

III. Shaker Christmas Hymn

12. While Once in Judah's Lovely Land -- Elder John Dunlavy (1815)

IV. Popular American Christmas Carols and Songs

13. Christmas Eve radio special/ guest: Roger Hall (1987)
14. Joy To The World - music by Lowell Mason (1848)
15. It Came Upon The Mountain Clear --
words: Edmund Sears/music: Richard Willis (1850)
16. We Three Kings Of Orient Are -- John Henry Hopkins (1857)
17. Up On The Housetop -- Benjamin Hanby (1860)
18. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day --
words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/music: Johnny Marks
19. O Little Town Of Bethlehem -- words: Rev. Phillips Brooks/
music: Lewis Redner (1868)
20. Christmas Eve radio special (1987)
21. Away In A Manger -- words & music by James R. Murray (1887)
22. A Christmas Carol -- words & music by Charles Ives (1894)
23. Heavenly Music -- words & music by Nelson Phillips (1853)/
edited by Roger Hall

V. Christmas Music At The Movies

24. +Christmas Eve radio special (1991) --guest: Roger Hall
25. +IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Finale) -- music by Dimitri Tiomkin

VI. Christmas Music From Our Time

26. The Prince Of Peace -- Shaker Christmas song
arranged by Roger Hall,1982
27. The Dark Night Is Ending -- Christmas carol
arranged by Roger Hall, 1988
28. +We Wish You A Merry Christmas

+ = from Christmas Eve radio specials

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Christmas Music CD Box Sets

Two recommended box sets are available from Sony Classical
with 5 CDs each from popular Christmas albums,
originally released on Columbia, CBS Masterworks,
and RCA Victor Records between 1951 and 1983:

Carols For Christmas: Original Album Classics

5 CDs in this box set:

1. Lanza Sings Christmas Carols
Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Paul Baron
(CD Timing = 40:46)

2. Placido Domingo and The Vienna Choir Boys: Ave Maria
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Helmuth Froschauer, conductor
(CD Timing = 46:19)

3. Eileen Farrell: Carols For Christmas
Orchestra and Chorus,
Luther Henderson, conductor
(CD Timing = 38:45)

4. The Joy of Christmas
with The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
(CD Timing = 49:35)

5. The Many Moods of Christmas
Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra and Organ
Robert Shaw, conductor
(CD Timing = 47:11)

The Joy of Christmas: Original Album Classics

5 CDs in this box set:

1. Pops Christmas Party
Boston Pops
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
(CD Timing = 38:52)

2. A Festival of Carols in Brass
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
(CD Timing = 41:05)

3. Gian-Carlo Menotti: Amahl and The Night Visitors
Original Cast of NBC Telecast
(CD Timing = 46:26)

4. The Glorious Sound of Christmas
Temple University Concert Choir
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
(CD Timing = 42:23)

5. Christmas With Marilyn Horne
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Jerold Ottley, conductor
(CD Timing = 45:45

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Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories

Christmas Classic Film Musicals on DVD

HOLIDAY INN (1942) -
Highest recommendation for this great release!

WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)

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