Tag Archives: Daily Dose of Christmas

Victor Hely-Hutchison was a British composer whose music was well-known in his day but who is almost completely forgotten now, except for one piece: a collection of four chorale preludes, each based on a Christmas carol, that he titled A Carol … Continue reading →

It’s a week away! I’m scheduling this in advance, but I know that as December gets deeper and darker and somehow the light that we hope for from Christmas seems as elusive as ever, this is about when I get … Continue reading →

I don’t remember if the subject ever came up when I was a kid in grade school music classes during Christmas time, but it’s always worth noting how old many of our traditional Christmas carols are. In fact, the concept of the carol, … Continue reading →

Let’s compare how two composers conveyed the emotions of a sleigh ride! Here’s Mozart, who wrote a pleasant and stately minuet befitting Viennese nobility: And here’s Leroy Anderson, who envisioned the equestrian rhythm and the bells and even, at the … Continue reading →

We’re ten days away.

“You DO remember working with Bing Crosby?” “I’m not sure if at that time BING was aware that we were working…I think that we were both working with each other, but COMPLETELY UNAWARE that we were…in our own different ways … Continue reading →

This isn’t my favorite tune, but I do have a particular reason for posting it THIS day. Hmmmm!!!

It’s Sunday, which means that hopefully you’ve got some time on your hands today. If you do, may I suggest you take an hour and a half to watch some wonderful ballet? Because it’s time for Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker … Continue reading →

You know the drill, folks: every year at some point I mention how I don’t like “Carol of the Bells”, and then I post a version of “Carol of the Bells” that I do like. So, is it really the … Continue reading →

Ladies and gentlemen, the Jackson 5.