COMPLETE Multilingual Christmas Carol Collection 2017 - rap

VfkaBT · Post by **VfkaBT** » December 15th, 2017, 7:33 pm

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3
2.04
Silent Night,by Franz Xaver Gruber
Translation: 1859, by Episcopal priest John Freeman Young
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » December 15th, 2017, 9:47 pm

BookAngel7 wrote:Just for that, I'll give you a second and a third!

* https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... 28kbps.mp3
* https://archive.org/stream/christmascar ... 2/mode/2up ; music is my own
* English
* Unknown, 15th century
* A Babe Is Born
* 02:41

* https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... 28kbps.mp3
* https://hymnary.org/hymn/VoT11913/page/168 (copyright page is here: https://hymnary.org/hymn/VoT11913/page/i)
* English
* Nahum Tate (1652-1715); George F. Handel (1685-1759)
* While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
* 03:05

Thank you, Angela! I had never heard the first one, and it was lovely, with your music beautifully suited to the poem. And the second one, while familiar, was sung to a different melody than I've heard before, a refreshing surprise! Both are PL OK!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » December 15th, 2017, 9:51 pm

VfkaBT wrote:https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3
2.04
Silent Night,by Franz Xaver Gruber
Translation: 1859, by Episcopal priest John Freeman Young
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night

Thank you, Matt! Very nice rendition of this sweet old favorite! Just one minor fix needed, as the volume is a bit too high at 93 db. It needs to be between 86-92 db for LV. If you could de-amplify a bit and upload it again, it'll be good to go!

DeRamos · Post by **DeRamos** » December 16th, 2017, 2:09 am

With two days to spare, that just might be a record for me!

This is technically "O Little Town of Bethlehem," with the "St. Louis" melody. I had recently learned (or maybe re-learned, but I don't remember

) that many people also sing the "Forest Green" melody for this song, so I added a bit of that melody in the instrumental between verses--and credited the author as well. I recorded the first verse, second verse, and first verse again.

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3

My source for the lyrics, the "St. Louis" melody, and the "Forest Green" melody is https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.c ... hlehem.htm.

The lyrics are in English.

Words: Bishop Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)
Music: "St. Louis" (1868) by Lewis Henry Redner (1831-1908)
Additional Music: "Forest Green" (1906) by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

"O Little Town of Bethlehem"

3:59

I hope the recording is good enough. Cheers, everybody! Is the 16th too early for greeting Merry Christmas?

Happy fourth/fifth night of Hanukkah!

Merry Christmas!

BookAngel7 · Post by **BookAngel7** » December 16th, 2017, 4:40 am

commonsparrow3 wrote:Thank you, Angela! I had never heard the first one, and it was lovely, with your music beautifully suited to the poem. And the second one, while familiar, was sung to a different melody than I've heard before, a refreshing surprise! Both are PL OK!

Thanks, Maria! That's the tune I originally learned for "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks", so I was quite surprised to find out it was a fairly uncommon variant. I had just about given up on finding a definitively PD source, but thankfully hymnary.org came to the rescue!

plaidsicle · Post by **plaidsicle** » December 16th, 2017, 10:10 am

I have finally had a chance to pick a song I'd like to contribute-- it'll be either O Come All Ye Faithful or O Christmas Tree (perhaps the German version if I am brave). and perhaps both if I have the time tomorrow!

VfkaBT · Post by **VfkaBT** » December 16th, 2017, 10:55 am

Silent Night audio level reduced and re-uploaded.
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » December 16th, 2017, 9:22 pm

DeRamos wrote:With two days to spare, that just might be a record for me! This is technically "O Little Town of Bethlehem," with the "St. Louis" melody. I had recently learned (or maybe re-learned, but I don't remember ) that many people also sing the "Forest Green" melody for this song, so I added a bit of that melody in the instrumental between verses--and credited the author as well. I recorded the first verse, second verse, and first verse again.

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3

My source for the lyrics, the "St. Louis" melody, and the "Forest Green" melody is https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.c ... hlehem.htm.

The lyrics are in English.

Words: Bishop Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)
Music: "St. Louis" (1868) by Lewis Henry Redner (1831-1908)
Additional Music: "Forest Green" (1906) by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

"O Little Town of Bethlehem"

3:59

I hope the recording is good enough. Cheers, everybody! Is the 16th too early for greeting Merry Christmas? Happy fourth/fifth night of Hanukkah! Merry Christmas!

Thank you, Ryan! Wonderful as always, and PD OK! I like the bits of the other tune woven into the accompaniment, they work well!
It's never too early for a Merry Christmas

and I send the same back to you!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » December 16th, 2017, 9:29 pm

BookAngel7 wrote:
commonsparrow3 wrote:Thank you, Angela! I had never heard the first one, and it was lovely, with your music beautifully suited to the poem. And the second one, while familiar, was sung to a different melody than I've heard before, a refreshing surprise! Both are PL OK!
Thanks, Maria! That's the tune I originally learned for "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks", so I was quite surprised to find out it was a fairly uncommon variant. I had just about given up on finding a definitively PD source, but thankfully hymnary.org came to the rescue!

Images of actual songbooks with publication dates right on them are usually preferred, because not all websites are reliable about PD stuff. But hymnary is great, because they usually show the original page scans, identify dates and sources, and clearly indicate what is PD. I've used them often to track down obscure authors and composers, and titles of hymn and carol books. I should add them to the list of sources in the first post if I do this again next year.

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » December 16th, 2017, 9:34 pm

plaidsicle wrote:I have finally had a chance to pick a song I'd like to contribute-- it'll be either O Come All Ye Faithful or O Christmas Tree (perhaps the German version if I am brave). and perhaps both if I have the time tomorrow!

No need for a great rush, Amelia. The deadline for this project is going to be very flexible, due to my work schedule. In fact, I am thinking I probably won't be able to get it ready for cataloging until Wednesday morning at the soonest, as I'm going to be working from 8 am to 11 pm on Tuesday. (Two different jobs, but no downtime in between them). So anything that comes in on Tuesday will be fine.
(Oh, be brave and tackle the German! This is a multilingual carol collection, after all!)

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » December 16th, 2017, 9:35 pm

VfkaBT wrote:Silent Night audio level reduced and re-uploaded.
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3

Thank you, Matt! This is now PL OK!

commonsparrow3 · Post by **commonsparrow3** » December 16th, 2017, 10:14 pm

Would someone please PL my contribution?

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... 28kbps.mp3

"His Advent"; words by Alfred Hayes (1857-1936); tune by Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)
Source: https://archive.org/stream/worshipsongw ... 1/mode/1up
Length: 2:13

Rapunzelina, I couldn't find either Hayes or Barnby in the data base.

RomanosMusic · Post by **RomanosMusic** » December 17th, 2017, 8:21 am

Hi Maria

I decided to put my insomnia to good use

Here is a Christmas Lullaby (Canzone di Natale)
Sung in Italian Full Version

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... rl_128.mp3

taken from this text

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id= ... =1up;seq=6

Length 6:42

Regards
Romano

DrPGould · Post by **DrPGould** » December 17th, 2017, 10:40 am

Maria!

What a beautiful carol! His advent is PL-OK! (Just passing through and saw you needed a pl).

Many thanks,

Philip

Post by **Rapunzelina** » December 17th, 2017, 11:58 am

commonsparrow3 wrote:Would someone please PL my contribution?

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... 28kbps.mp3

"His Advent"; words by Alfred Hayes (1857-1936); tune by Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)
Source: https://archive.org/stream/worshipsongw ... 1/mode/1up
Length: 2:13

Rapunzelina, I couldn't find either Hayes or Barnby in the data base.

Hello, Maria! Your recording is PL OK (apart from the filename, the part that should end with just _128kb, but I can change that before cataloguing)

I have added Alfred Hayes into the database.

Would you like me to pre-claim the cd-cover for this project in your name?