Holiday Music
From
American Music Recordings Collection
Christmas music in America
from
the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries
and
Christmas Eve radio specials
from 1987 and 1991
1. +O Come, O Come Emmanuel -
Immanuel Lutheran Church Choir -
arranged and conducted by Roger Hall, 1977
2. +Prepare The Royal Highway (Swedish & English) -
Thorsten Carlson, soloist
Immanuel Lutheran Church Choir
arranged and conducted by Roger Hall, 1978
3. +Shepherds Carol - Larre Nelson, soloist/
J.N. Snyder, vibraphone
Immanuel Lutheran Church Choir,
arranged and conducted by Roger Hall,1978
4. + Hail to the joyous day - I
mmanuel Lutheran Church Choir -
a new carol composed and conducted by Roger Hall, 1977
5. Boston (1778) -
William Billings, America's First Popular Composer
6. Radio program - December 24, 1987 - Guest: Roger Hall
7. Judea (1778) - William Billings
8. Bethlehem (1778_ William Billings
9. Sherburne (1785) - Daniel Read
10. Carol (1794) - Supply Belcher
11. New Bethlehem (1799) - Edward French
12. +While once in Judah's lovely land (1815) -
Elder John Dunlavy (Shaker Christmas song)
13. Radio program (1987) - Guest: Roger Hall
14. Joy to the World (1848) - Lowell Mason
15. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (1850) - Richard Willis
16. We Three Kings Of Orient Are (1857) - John Henry Hopkins
17. Up On The Housetop (Santa Claus)(1860) - Benjamin Hanby
18. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (1863) -
words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
19. O Little Town Of Bethlehem (1868) - Phillips Brooks
20. Radio program (1987) - Guest: Roger Hall
21. Away In A Manger (1887) - James R. Murray
22. A Christmas Carol (1894) - Charles E. Ives
23. Heavenly Music (Shaker Christmas Carol, 1853) -
Brother Nelson Phillips, edited by Roger Hall
24. Radio program (1991) - Christmas music at the movies - Guest: Roger Hall
25. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - soundtrack excerpt -
music by Dimitri Tiomkin
26. +The Prince Of Peace Is Come (Shaker Christmas Carol) - arranged by Roger Hall, 1982
27. + The Dark Night Is Ending -
from the play, "The Musical Telephone," by Roger Hall
Listen to the instrumental version by Roger Hall -- click here
28. Radio program (1987) - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
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SILENT NIGHT
First American translation
of the Austrian carol
by Rev. John Freeman Young, 1859
edited and conducted by Roger Hall
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"White Christmas"
"Blue Christmas"
Other AMRC CDs
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"NEW BETHLEHEM" - Christmas Music in New England
(AMRC 0010)
"Auld Lang Syne"
American Holiday Songs and Carols
(AMRC 0025)
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