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Started by mamselle, December 07, 2021, 02:15:47 PM

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hmaria1609

#30
December 13, 2021, 12:20:26 PM
Quote from: mahagonny on December 13, 2021, 03:50:46 AM
One source says it might have even been Rosemary Clooney. Or that Vera-Ellen was dubbed by either Clooney or Stevens depending  on which song. Maybe 'Sisters' was two Rosemary Clooneys. Sounds that way to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG7x8HWbDzU

But it sounds like someone else on 'Snow.'

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From what I read in the "Trivia" section on imdb.com, Vera-Ellen's own singing voice is heard at the beginning of "Snow."

Another bit of movie trivia: the inn featured in "White Christmas" (1954) previously was used in "Holiday Inn" (1941).

mamselle

#31
December 13, 2021, 01:07:59 PM
Yes. I meant to mention that as well.

Many "hit songs from shows that missed" were recycled forwards to new shows then.

My dad had a record album with that title, in fact; there were about 20 pieces on it, as I recall.

M.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Reprove not a scorner, lest they hate thee: rebuke the wise, and they will love thee.

Give instruction to the wise, and they will be yet wiser: teach the just, and they will increase in learning.

apl68

#32
December 13, 2021, 01:27:08 PM
Handel's Messiah.  The whole oratorio.  Not strictly "Christmas" music, since only part of it deals with the Nativity.  But some of the most popular choruses get a lot of play around this time.  The big-city church I used to attend had a very good choir that would sometimes perform one or another chorus, among other music for the Christmas season.

Messiah is remarkable for the way it tries to encompass everything that Scripture has to say about Jesus, from the prophecies of the coming Messiah, through the nativity and earthly ministry, on through the passion and resurrection, and finally looking ahead to the rapture and the final establishment of the kingdom of the Lord and of his Christ, all set to magnificent music.  Listening to the whole Messiah on CD while trying to meditate on its message has become a personal Christmas-season tradition.
If in this life only we had hope of Christ, we would be the most pathetic of them all.  But now is Christ raised from the dead, the first of those who slept.  First Christ, then afterward those who belong to Christ when he comes.

mahagonny

#33
December 13, 2021, 02:08:08 PM Last Edit: December 13, 2021, 02:39:39 PM by mahagonny
Quote from: hmaria1609 on December 13, 2021, 12:20:26 PM

From what I read in the "Trivia" section on imdb.com, Vera-Ellen's own singing voice is heard at the beginning of "Snow."

Thank you.

Yes, Holiday Inn was great too. The part where Bing and Fred were after the same girl. "I'll Capture Your Heart singing." And of course 'Be Careful It's My Heart.'

Shirley Bassey, (b. 1937, Cardiff) who sang 'Goldfinger' for the Bond film. A sound as big as all outdoors, and a heart twice that big.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MbyhsnvHK4

Dean Martin, 'It Won't Cool Off'   (Sammy Cahn, Ken Lane)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGyeqWSHURQ

Doris Kappelhoff....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLYqkscuZkA&list=PLe51JdGCZZuRfy1umpzD_sW5lbf-QoF8T

mamselle

#34
December 13, 2021, 05:29:10 PM
Quote from: apl68 on December 13, 2021, 01:27:08 PM
Handel's Messiah.  The whole oratorio.  Not strictly "Christmas" music, since only part of it deals with the Nativity.  But some of the most popular choruses get a lot of play around this time.  The big-city church I used to attend had a very good choir that would sometimes perform one or another chorus, among other music for the Christmas season.

Messiah is remarkable for the way it tries to encompass everything that Scripture has to say about Jesus, from the prophecies of the coming Messiah, through the nativity and earthly ministry, on through the passion and resurrection, and finally looking ahead to the rapture and the final establishment of the kingdom of the Lord and of his Christ, all set to magnificent music.  Listening to the whole Messiah on CD while trying to meditate on its message has become a personal Christmas-season tradition.

I taught a course for the local Bible Society one winter on visual art representations of scenes from "Messiah."

The handout included all the verses all the arias, recitatives, and choruses were taken from...the whole text is straight KJV Scripture.

M.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Reprove not a scorner, lest they hate thee: rebuke the wise, and they will love thee.

Give instruction to the wise, and they will be yet wiser: teach the just, and they will increase in learning.

mahagonny

#36
December 20, 2021, 05:51:37 PM
On the jazzier side

Duke Ellington: Jingle Bells      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYBuzVFZ8mg

Herb Gellar: Sleigh Ride    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7meYOaEmVU

Jimmy Smith: S.C. Is Coming To Town      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwnq9XFlt10

Larimar

#37
December 21, 2021, 08:30:11 AM
Overall my favorite Christmas carol is O Holy Night.

My favorite Christmas album is Upon A Midnight Clear by Jonn Serrie. It's essentially Christmas carols via the planetarium, beautiful peaceful ambient music.

apl68

#38
December 21, 2021, 11:31:14 AM
Quote from: Larimar on December 21, 2021, 08:30:11 AM
Overall my favorite Christmas carol is O Holy Night.

A young lady at our church can sing "O Holy Night" in a way that will give you chills.  She hasn't been singing in public much lately, as she had a third baby early this year and has been otherwise occupied.  There are efforts underway to persuade/beg/browbeat her into singing for us at church this Wednesday evening.
If in this life only we had hope of Christ, we would be the most pathetic of them all.  But now is Christ raised from the dead, the first of those who slept.  First Christ, then afterward those who belong to Christ when he comes.

mamselle

#39
December 21, 2021, 07:35:30 PM
These aren't exactly holiday-related pieces, but they're lovely, would sound nice played softly during a quiet  evening at home--or you could dance to them...

1. The first is Hungarian; it was played for the folk dance I attended virtually this evening, and is called Hora Nouras:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9NUtr8aOvU

The stepping is very quiet and intricate, very soft-footed; the step instructions are here:

    https://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2020/05/hora-nouras-romania.html


2. The second is French Renaissance dance: there's a version in Arbeau, but this one's by Praetorius:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxzR08MoRE4   

It's called "Branle de la Torche" (or, in English, it's referred to as "Candlesticks"), in which the dancers pass lighted candles from one to the next partner:

It seemed appropriate, tonight being Midwinter's Night...

M.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Reprove not a scorner, lest they hate thee: rebuke the wise, and they will love thee.

Give instruction to the wise, and they will be yet wiser: teach the just, and they will increase in learning.

mahagonny

#40
December 23, 2021, 09:18:33 PM
Thurl Ravenscroft is the singer. What a sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hj3U18FHgQ

And, Bob Dorough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-uircXPp3A

Melba Liston and her Bones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz_q9wshEPs

mamselle

#41
December 26, 2021, 04:26:59 PM
Like all pavanes, calming and stately, another piece without specific holiday connections but lovely to listen to with a fire in the fireplace and hot cocoa:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCKVvKpnh2c

Same performer, livelier dance music, still the soft, persistent sound of medieval recorders and lutes:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Ebk5_loUo

Also more cheerful, with a hurdy-gurdy and cornemuse to liven up the sound:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpTHAMLnV3w

M.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Reprove not a scorner, lest they hate thee: rebuke the wise, and they will love thee.

Give instruction to the wise, and they will be yet wiser: teach the just, and they will increase in learning.
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