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Christmas Carols, bring warmth, happiness to the season. But, do you know how most of them came into being? Well that’s what The Story of Carols will help you discover, and as we learned researching these tunes, the story is rarely what you’ll expect.
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Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
George Gershwin never officially wrote a Christmas tune. But one of his little known, show tunes, “Snow Flakes,” is beginning to turn up as a carol in waiting.
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Listen to The Story Of Carols Playlist on Spotify From classical to classics, perennials to pop tunes, you get more than a hundred of the best Holiday tunes, and their most interesting recordings. Oh! It also includes the music from The Story Of Carols! Happy Holidays!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tSMBpNpX9bnpQBWtoLK15?si=d43ebb02bda64d4b
Or Check Out the Jim Holthouser Holiday Playlist Listen to piano versions of all of Jim’s Holiday Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QW6El8om0CMH1SU8ZHlQz?si=fa49d81d81cd4ccf
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Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
We’ve all heard of having a cup of wassail at Christmas time. We’ve even heard of wassailing as an event, - a celebration of merriment, as in “here we come a wassailing.” But did you know we still go a wassailing today?
👍 If you enjoyed this episode check out the film versions of all our episodes at:
Listen to The Story Of Carols Playlist on Spotify From classical to classics, perennials to pop tunes, you get more than a hundred of the best Holiday tunes, and their most interesting recordings. Oh! It also includes the music from The Story Of Carols! Happy Holidays!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tSMBpNpX9bnpQBWtoLK15?si=d43ebb02bda64d4b
Or Check Out the Jim Holthouser Holiday Playlist Listen to piano versions of all of Jim’s Holiday Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QW6El8om0CMH1SU8ZHlQz?si=fa49d81d81cd4ccf
Read the rest of this entry »