tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post113397252381216615..comments2024-03-27T05:50:14.278-04:00Comments on The Panopticon: Christmas Past: MusicFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-91554562318369434442016-01-25T09:05:29.391-05:002016-01-25T09:05:29.391-05:00kata kata ucapan valentine
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My favorite hol...Chalk another one in your corner. <BR/><BR/>My favorite holiday songs are the traditional ones, but I also include some that are off-kilter, some that are downright strange. <BR/><BR/>For example, one of my favorite carols is actually a St. Stephen's Day song (Dec. 26) - The Hunting of the Wren (aka Cutty Wren). Steeleye Span has recorded two versions. Here are the lyrics: <BR/><BR/>http://drwho58.tripod.com/ss/live.htm#hunting<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/>http://drwho58.tripod.com/ss/time.htm#cutty<BR/><BR/>But what do I know. I married the holiday rather than growing up with it.kbsalazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953310524063775372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134355384607062432005-12-11T21:43:00.000-05:002005-12-11T21:43:00.000-05:00John McCutcheon's is perhaps my single favorite Ch...John McCutcheon's is perhaps my single favorite Christmas album, and for some reason I can't locate it this year.<BR/><BR/>"Christmas in the Trenches" is based on an actual incident in World War One. It made the news again recently because the last surviving soldier who was present there passed away at the age of 109.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134226085058167402005-12-10T09:48:00.000-05:002005-12-10T09:48:00.000-05:00Christmas music was always traditional at my house...Christmas music was always traditional at my house - Anne Murray (Dad's choice) vs. Andy Williams (mom's choice). You could tell who got downstairs first on christmas morning by the tunes. But we also had wonderful music by John McCutcheon (spelling?). He plays hammer dulcimer and many other instruments and his songs are like old fashioned ballads that tell a story with words that are really paintings and music to set the mood. What made me think of it was your commentary on war. He has a song called "Christmas in the Trenches" and it is heart breaking, about the revolutionary war if I recall. But it's not in your traditional key. Just wanted to share. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134170704071895862005-12-09T18:25:00.000-05:002005-12-09T18:25:00.000-05:00I feel exactly the same as you about every single ...I feel exactly the same as you about every single word of this post. You made me cry. In a good way.birdfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375896388806726010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134110497113684282005-12-09T01:41:00.000-05:002005-12-09T01:41:00.000-05:00I share your scorn for Ruldoph and Frosty. I loat...I share your scorn for Ruldoph and Frosty. I loathe my daughter's piano teachers -- every year, we seem to get to hear ANOTHER, slightly more complex than last year's, version of Rudolph.<BR/><BR/>I too love The Holly and the Ivy. And Lully lullay is one of my very favoritest carols.<BR/>I sang my own version of it to my kids as a lullaby (including lines like "tis time for sleep" in places of othe lyrics.<BR/><BR/>Yesterday, for the first time, I heard the Herod verse.<BR/><BR/>I hop emy children won't learn of it until they're very much adults. I may have scarred them for life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134090823259463902005-12-08T20:13:00.000-05:002005-12-08T20:13:00.000-05:00I love minor key christmas carols... my favorite i...I love minor key christmas carols... my favorite is In the Bleak Mid-winter. But I'm also a fan of I Saw Three Ships Sailing.Zardrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459688919362129281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134081422818773602005-12-08T17:37:00.000-05:002005-12-08T17:37:00.000-05:00Since you already have a new blog entry, perhaps t...Since you already have a new blog entry, perhaps this comment will be lost in the ether, but I'm going to write it anyhow: I go back and forth about the existence of a deity. The thing that most consistently convinces me that there is, is music, the kind of music you seem to prefer, that resonates one's heart and voice like a tuning fork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134063060637812082005-12-08T12:31:00.000-05:002005-12-08T12:31:00.000-05:00I always associate memories with music and Christm...I always associate memories with music and Christmmas is no exception. Here in New Zealand we re-wrote the twelve days of Christmas to include local icons hence it became and a Pukeko in a Punga tree. There is even a version of it in the Maori language. For a modern twist I always love to hear Michael Ball's "Driving home this Christmas" because each year I do make the six hour drive home to my parents house for Christmas. Apart from that everything always sounds better with a full orchestra for accompaniment.KiwiJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00788783363922291759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134061259025955362005-12-08T12:00:00.000-05:002005-12-08T12:00:00.000-05:00Am I the only person with "Santa Baby" in the "Top...Am I the only person with "Santa Baby" in the "Top 10" list?<BR/><BR/>As a harpsichordist, I admit to a preference for the classical stuff pre-1800. Some of the folk music is so closely tied to (modern interpretations of) Medieval and Rennaisance sounds that I like that as well. The CD "Bright Day Star" by the Baltimore Consort is in my "Top 10".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134059532789455732005-12-08T11:32:00.000-05:002005-12-08T11:32:00.000-05:00When I was younger, in choirs or at caroling parti...When I was younger, in choirs or at caroling parties, I would always stop singing when the phrase "Christ our Lord" or something similar popped up. It felt sacriligious to me, being Jewish. I neither believed it nor felt it proper for someone of another religion to state a tenant a faith hollowly.<BR/><BR/>I got over that when I decided they were just words. Intention gave them meaning, not their simple verbalization.<BR/><BR/>I like some of the classics, like "The First Noel" and "Silent Night." I'm also partial to EL&P's "I Believe in Father Christmas."<BR/><BR/>I never believed in 24 hours of peace. Certainly not on Christmas. My people suffered to many pogroms on that day.dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134051649754673362005-12-08T09:20:00.001-05:002005-12-08T09:20:00.001-05:00Wow, I thought I was the only one who thought ever...Wow, I thought I was the only one who thought everyone got to celebrate Xmas in peace. I cried the first time I actually saw a newsreport on Xmas day and they were talking about some war somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134051626737585542005-12-08T09:20:00.000-05:002005-12-08T09:20:00.000-05:00Agreed. Sometimes the old ones are the best. For ...Agreed. Sometimes the old ones are the best. For modern stuff which I've enjoyed singing and listening to, try Rutter. I was at school with his kids, and we sang a lot of his stuff at church long before I knew he was famous.<BR/><BR/>OK, so a lot of purists object to the 'heart on sleeve' character of some of his stuff, but as a singer it's very satisfying indeed.LornaJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456480089099480303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134049031679981522005-12-08T08:37:00.000-05:002005-12-08T08:37:00.000-05:00I sang the Coventry Carol at school, many years ag...I sang the Coventry Carol at school, many years ago. Our conductor told the audience what it was about before we sang it, and not one parent wasn't welling up while our little 8-year-old voices offered up perfect squeaky minor harmonies. Them were t'days...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134043172874624782005-12-08T06:59:00.000-05:002005-12-08T06:59:00.000-05:00I had no evidence that this was so, but the idea w...<I>I had no evidence that this was so, but the idea was pretty so for many years I chose to believe it.</I><BR/>I think that's the story of pretty much everyone's life. I still can't decide if I believe in God or choose to believe, and what difference it makes. What I know is that on a brilliantly clear morning like this, with the sky turning yellow over the pine woods, I can't help thinking, "Coeli et terra pleni sunt gloriae Tuae." (Yes, I really do think it in Latin, don't ask me why.)<BR/><BR/>I love "Lo How a Rose" and "Good King Wenceslas". And a few years ago my DH set this<BR/>http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/5386/<BR/>for four-part chorus. I've heard it only once, which is a pity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134021451540660292005-12-08T00:57:00.000-05:002005-12-08T00:57:00.000-05:00Well, I have a few songs that make me choke up, ev...Well, I have a few songs that make me choke up, even tho I really don't do Christmas much anymore (more like it *does* me each year). I have to say I'm a bit partial to Barbra Streisand's Ave Maria off her Christmas album. Its the Gounod version and I preferred it to the more famous version. I can't say why I love it except perhaps I could tell even at a wee age how insane it was that a nice Jewish girl like Barbra was singing in an all Christmas album. Life is crazy sometimes. I just might have to blog this.danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501469029448722466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1134016602128989292005-12-07T23:36:00.000-05:002005-12-07T23:36:00.000-05:00i never heard anything unusual until i was an adul...i never heard anything unusual until i was an adult (my parents were deaf, so all i got were the traditional chestnuts from sunday school and school). i have a cd called the bells of dublin, by the chieftains (they do some of the song, but most are by other artists) 3 ships is on that cd, and it's one of my favorites. now, my favorite of all on that cd is elvis costello : The St STephen's day murders. it's a riot! there's also Rebel Jesus, and a french tune (i don't know the words, but since i've heard it so much, when it plays, i can sing along (i dont' speak french, lol). i think holly and ivy is on there as well, but i'm not sure. it has a celtic lilt to it, for sure.<BR/><BR/>i love christmas music, wish they'd play some more eclectic stuff on the radiodragon knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15876200889552460658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1133998060199589812005-12-07T18:27:00.000-05:002005-12-07T18:27:00.000-05:00Thank you.Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1133995087945006632005-12-07T17:38:00.000-05:002005-12-07T17:38:00.000-05:00You like all the same carols that I do. I really ...You like all the same carols that I do. I really also like, "Once in Royal David's City". It always reminds me of starting the Christmas carol sing in churches. I used to be a church music director (organist) too for quite a few years. I liked arranging the carol sing evenings. Too bad I don't do it anymore.City Wiccanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997358726778937525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1133993373475851202005-12-07T17:09:00.000-05:002005-12-07T17:09:00.000-05:00Great post Franklin! I'm often the church organis...Great post Franklin! I'm often the church organist in my small hometown when I return to visit; my favorite time to play is at the Christmas eve candlelight service which always begins with 20 minutes of organ music filling the dark sanctuary. I will do it this year with new energy having read all of these comments, apprecitating more the importance such music has for folks. Thanks everyone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1133992902528071952005-12-07T17:01:00.000-05:002005-12-07T17:01:00.000-05:00Okay, if I wanted to download some of these from I...Okay, if I wanted to download some of these from Itunes, how would I know whose version to pick?Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1133992299258376542005-12-07T16:51:00.000-05:002005-12-07T16:51:00.000-05:00Thank you for the beautiful reminiscence, Franklin...Thank you for the beautiful reminiscence, Franklin. Christmas was (and is) about music, especially hymns, in my family. (We're German Lutherans, too, like Marilyn. Goes with the territory.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks to you and Marilyn, I think, for introducing me to the Boston Camerata. It's on my iPod right now.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551974862059986737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1133991793917548802005-12-07T16:43:00.000-05:002005-12-07T16:43:00.000-05:00I still love I Saw Three Ships and The Holly and t...I still love I Saw Three Ships and The Holly and the Ivy, and also the one that begins The Virgin washes the swaddling. I love those archaic words. Modern carols just can't cut it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1133991678661107012005-12-07T16:41:00.000-05:002005-12-07T16:41:00.000-05:00Beautiful post, Frankiln. I'm not above some Dean...Beautiful post, Frankiln. I'm not above some Dean Martin holiday shmaltz (and Bing Crosby's Adeste Fideles is my iconic childhood Christmas memory), but it is those old English and French minor-key carols that I turn to now when I'm feeling most Grinchly, and they never fail to stir something in me.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940586419664612837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1133990064200294692005-12-07T16:14:00.000-05:002005-12-07T16:14:00.000-05:00There was such a Christmas once, during WWI ... th...There was such a Christmas once, during WWI ... the last surviving veteran of the Christmas Day Truce died just last month (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051121/od_nm/britain_veteran_dc). I'd always loved that story, but assumed it was a myth ... turns out that it really happened. <BR/><BR/>Be-boppy Christmas songs are fun, but it's the old carols and hymns that send chills down my spine. And Handel's Messiah never fails to stir my soul.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161498569856503977noreply@blogger.com