##TOP## Download Christmas Songs Long Time Ago In Bethlehem

This Advent season has been a busy time in our community and for the church. So many houses are being built, so many have recently moved to our area and I have met so many new people in worship. Add to that those who are on vacation and family who come to visit and I get to meet someone new every time we open our doors as well as each time I take our dog for a longer walk.

Harry Belafonte heard the song being performed by the choir and sought permission to record it.[7] It was recorded in 1956[1] and released as a single that year.[5] Belafonte released it again the following year in 1957 on his album An Evening with Belafonte, using a different, longer take.[4][5] This longer version was also released in the UK as a single[8] (with a B-side of "Eden Was Just Like This"),[9] where it became the first UK number one to have a playing time of over four minutes.[10] It reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1957,[6][8][10] and has since sold over 1.19 million copies there.[11]

Download Christmas Songs Long Time Ago In Bethlehem

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Christmas, remembering the birth of Jesus, then started to be celebrated at the same time as the solstice, so the early Christians started singing Christian songs instead of pre-Christian/pagan ones. In 129, a Roman Bishop said that a song called "Angel's Hymn" should be sung at a Christmas service in Rome. Another famous early Christmas Hymn was written in 760, by Comas of Jerusalem, for the Greek Orthodox Church. Soon after this many composers all over Europe started to write 'Christmas carols'. However, not many people liked them as they were all written and sung in Latin, a language that the normal people couldn't understand.

This was changed by St. Francis of Assisi when, in 1223, he started his Nativity Plays in Italy. The people in the plays sang songs or 'canticles' that told the story during the plays. Sometimes, the choruses of these new carols were in Latin; but normally they were all in a language that the people watching the play could understand and join in! The new carols spread to France, Spain, Germany and other European countries.

The earliest carol, like this, was written in 1410. Sadly only a very small fragment of it still exists. The carol was about Mary and Jesus meeting different people in Bethlehem. Most Carols from this time and the Elizabethan period are untrue stories, very loosely based on the Christmas story, about the holy family and were seen as entertaining rather than religious songs. They were usually sung in homes rather than in churches! Traveling singers or Minstrels started singing these carols and the words were changed for the local people wherever they were traveling. One carols that changed like this is 'I Saw Three Ships'.

Until 1700 only the Psalms (poems from the Bible) were allowed to be sung in Anglican churches (Churches in the Church of England). From 1700, and for many years, the only Christmas song (or carol) which was allowed in Anglican churches was 'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night' because its lyrics come from the Bible, telling the story of the Shepherds visiting the baby Jesus. During this time, many churches had musicians from the local area play the music for them and often local tunes were used for the songs. Because of this, 'While Shepherds Watched' is probably the carol sung to the most number of different tunes!

Carols remained mainly unsung, especially in churches, until Victorian times, when two men called William Sandys and Davis Gilbert collected lots of old Christmas music from villages in England. Carols were stilling being sung as folk songs in places like pubs but they often weren't thought of as 'proper' or 'nice' songs by the middle or upper classes. (Singing carols in pubs still happens today and there's some very famous carol singing in pubs in the north of England, especially in North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire.)

Alongside the physical book, the digital download pack comprises all the songs, backing tracks, lyric slides and full book as a pdf. A CD is also available as an alternative or addition to the download pack. For a little extra, the editable Word.doc of the full script can also be purchased when the musical and a performance licence are bought, making it easy to adapt and adjust as you need to.

A bit part of that celebration comes from the music we listen to. From timeless Christmas classics to the more modern adaptations, music has always been a big part of the holidays and will be for a long time to come.

Though not in the PBS special, the Tree of Life is a mesmerizingly beautiful collaboration between Mack Wilberg (composer) and long-time associate David Warner, who wrote the text. The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, join together with bell ringers and dancers, and the result is spectacular. ff782bc1db