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Browse piano sheets by Misc Christmas on Zen Virtual Piano. Misc Christmas is a mixed set of Christmas songs, from a nineteenth-century carol to twentieth-century Christmas songs. “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” was written by the lyricist Sammy Cahn and the composer Jule Styne in July 1945 in Hollywood, California, during a heatwave, as the two imagined cooler conditions. Vaughn Monroe first recorded it that fall, it was released just after Thanksgiving, and it became a hit by Christmas. Because of its wintry setting and lighthearted tone it has come to be associated with Christmas, even though the lyrics never once mention the holiday. That a song can be claimed by a holiday it never names hints at how listeners, as much as lyrics, decide what belongs to Christmas. “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” is a 1958 novelty Christmas carol written and recorded by Ross Bagdasarian under the stage name David Seville. Bagdasarian sang the carol, varying the tape speeds to produce high-pitched “chipmunk” voices, with the vocals credited to Alvin and the Chipmunks, Seville’s cartoon virtual band. Voices made by varying the tape speed suggest a record built as much in the studio as in the performance. A novelty record carrying a cartoon band’s name hints at how playful the Christmas repertoire can be. “Away in a Manger” is a Christmas carol first published in the late nineteenth century and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain it is one of the most popular carols, and a 1996 Gallup Poll ranked it joint second. Although it was long claimed to be the work of the German religious reformer Martin Luther, Wikipedia says the carol is now thought to be wholly American in origin. Wide use and an origin story now doubted can live side by side, which hints at how popularity can travel faster than provenance.
Browse piano sheets by Misc Christmas on Zen Virtual Piano.
Misc Christmas is a mixed set of Christmas songs, from a nineteenth-century carol to twentieth-century Christmas songs. “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” was written by the lyricist Sammy Cahn and the composer Jule Styne in July 1945 in Hollywood, California, during a heatwave, as the two imagined cooler conditions. Vaughn Monroe first recorded it that fall, it was released just after Thanksgiving, and it became a hit by Christmas. Because of its wintry setting and lighthearted tone it has come to be associated with Christmas, even though the lyrics never once mention the holiday. That a song can be claimed by a holiday it never names hints at how listeners, as much as lyrics, decide what belongs to Christmas.
“The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” is a 1958 novelty Christmas carol written and recorded by Ross Bagdasarian under the stage name David Seville. Bagdasarian sang the carol, varying the tape speeds to produce high-pitched “chipmunk” voices, with the vocals credited to Alvin and the Chipmunks, Seville’s cartoon virtual band. Voices made by varying the tape speed suggest a record built as much in the studio as in the performance. A novelty record carrying a cartoon band’s name hints at how playful the Christmas repertoire can be.
“Away in a Manger” is a Christmas carol first published in the late nineteenth century and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain it is one of the most popular carols, and a 1996 Gallup Poll ranked it joint second. Although it was long claimed to be the work of the German religious reformer Martin Luther, Wikipedia says the carol is now thought to be wholly American in origin. Wide use and an origin story now doubted can live side by side, which hints at how popularity can travel faster than provenance.
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The lyricist Sammy Cahn and the composer Jule Styne, in July 1945 in Hollywood, California; Vaughn Monroe first recorded it that fall.
Ross Bagdasarian, under the stage name David Seville, varied the tape speeds to produce high-pitched “chipmunk” voices credited to Alvin and the Chipmunks.
It was long claimed to be his work, but Wikipedia says the carol is now thought to be wholly American in origin.