A Music Box Christmas

~ Release by Rita Ford Music Boxes (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Enchanting 19th Century Music Boxes From The Collection Of Rita Ford

Stereo

Annotation last modified on 2020-02-22 11:25 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Silent Night, Holy Night - Symphonium
instrumental cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
1:36
A2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Regina
instrumental cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
1:48
A3Zu Bethlehem Geboren - Polyphon With Bells
instrumental cover recording of:
Zu Bethlehem geboren (German christmas carol)
written in:
Germany
composed in:
France
lyricist:
Friedrich Spee (in 1637)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
0:53
A4The Monastery Bells - Olympia
instrumental cover recording of:
Les Cloches du monastère, op. 54a (Monastery Bells)
composer:
Louis James Alfred Lefébure‐Wély (organist and composer)
part of:
Works of Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély by opus number (number: op. 54a)
2:40
A5O Tannenbaum - Large Kalliope With Bells
instrumental cover recording of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
version of:
Es lebe hoch der Zimmermannsgeselle
1:30
A6O Sanctissima - Regina, Small Kalliope
instrumental cover recording of:
O Sanctissima (Sicilian Mariners Hymn, Sicilian Mariners Hymn)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:47
A7Spin, Spin - Regina
2:00
A8O Holy Night - Swiss Music Box
instrumental cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
2:31
A9Ave Maria - Olympia, Regina
instrumental cover recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer)
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
3:47
B1Adeste Fideles - Regina
instrumental cover recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
2:18
B2Still, Still, Holy Melody - Large Kalliope With Bells
instrumental cover recording of:
Still, Still, Still
lyricist:
Georg Götsch
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:05
B3Jesus, Lover of My Soul - Olympia
instrumental cover recording of:
Jesus, Lover of My Soul (hymn without a specified tune)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer)
part of:
Caneuon Ffydd: Emynau (number: 907)
1:14
B4The First Noël - Regina
instrumental cover recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
2:11
B5Ihr Kinderlein Kommet - Large Kalliope With Bells, Polyphon With Bells, Regina
instrumental cover recording of:
Ihr Kinderlein, kommet (O, Come, Little Children)
lyricist:
Christoph von Schmid (in 1798)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (in 1790)
2:52
B6The Holy City - Olympia
instrumental cover recording of:
The Holy City
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly
composer:
Stephen Adams (English composer)
2:31
B7Lobe Den Herren - Polyphon With Bells
instrumental cover recording of:
Kantate, BWV 137 "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren": V. Choral "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren"
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1725)
librettist:
Joachim Neander (in 1680)
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 230)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 137 "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren"
0:55
B8Jingle Bells - Regina
instrumental cover recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
2:02
B9Silent Night, Holy Night - Large Kalliope With Bells, Regina
instrumental cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
2:03