Christmas Carol Collection 2011

by Various
Language: Multilingual

LibriVox volunteers bring you this year's selection of 25 sacred and secular carols and Christmas songs, in English, German and Latin.

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Total running time: 1:08:53


In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: Ruth Golding
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Elli
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ruth Golding

mp3 and ogg files

• Christ was Born on Christmas Day Words by John Mason Neale (1818-1866), Music C14 German, arranged by Rev. Charles Lewis Hutchins (1838-1920) – 00:02:22
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.2MB]
  Read by Ruth Golding
• Christmas Lullaby or Dear Little Stranger by Charlotte G. Homer/Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932) – 00:03:08
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.6MB]
  Read by Liberty Stump
• Christmas Song or The First Day of Christmas from the book Nursery Rhymes c.1846, collected by Edward F. Rimbault (1816-1876) – 00:05:54
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 5.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.1MB]
  Read by evha, Liberty Stump, mangotrader, Nolan Fout, Paul Vinson Brown, Tony Oliva
• Come All You Worthy Gentlemen, a traditional Somerset carol arranged by Cecil James Sharp (1859-1924) – 00:01:55
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 1.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.1MB]
  Read by Ruth Golding
• German: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, C16 unknown, arranged by Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) – 00:02:45
  Source: E-text
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  Read by evha
• German dialect: Es wird scho glei dumpa by Anton Reidinger (1839-1912) – 00:01:47
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Christa
• Gesù Bambino Words: Frederick H. Martens (1874–1932) Music: Pietro Yon (1886-1943) – 00:04:40
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 4.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.4MB]
  Read by Susan K Hawthorne
• Go Tell it on the Mountain by John Wesley Work, Jr. (1907-1925), based on a C19 African-American Spiritual – 00:02:42
  Source: E-text
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  Read by evha
• God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, unknown, harmonised by Lucy E. Broadwood (1858–1929) – 00:04:12
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Nolan Fout
• German: Herbei oh ihr Gläubigen Words: after Latin carol Adeste fideles translated by F. H. Ranke (1798-1876), Music: J .F. Wade, 1751 arranged by Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860) – 00:03:26
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 3.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.7MB]
  Read by evha
• I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Music: John Baptiste Calkin (1827-1905) – 00:02:23
  Source: E-text
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  [ogg vorbis - 1.3MB]
  Read by TriciaG
• I Saw Three Ships, unknown – 00:01:59
  Source: E-text
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  Read by TriciaG
• It Came upon the Midnight Clear Words: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876) Music: Richard Storrs Willis (1819-1900) – 00:03:54
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Paul Vinson Brown
• German: Leise rieselt der Schnee by Eduard Ebel (1839-1905) – 00:01:27
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 1.3MB]
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  Read by Liam Neely
• Let All That Are to Mirth Inclined, unknown – 00:01:37
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Tony Oliva
• German: Macht hoch die tür Text: Georg Weißel (1590-1635); Melodie: Halle 1704; Satz: Max Reger (1873-1916) aus Zwölf deutsche geistliche Gesänge – 00:02:00
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 1.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.0MB]
  Read by evha
• On Christmas Night, traditional Gloucestershire carol arranged by Cecil James Sharp (1859-1924) – 00:01:54
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Ruth Golding
• Latin: Personent Hodie Words from Piae Cantiones (1582) Music: arranged by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) – 00:02:13
  Source: E-text
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  [ogg vorbis - 0.6MB]
  Read by Emma Joyce
• Slowly Fall the Snow-flakes by A. P. Howard – 00:02:18
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Liberty Stump
• Sussex Carol, unknown, English traditional – 00:01:23
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Kara Shallenberg
• German: Tochter Zion, freue dich Words: Friedrich Heinrich Ranke (1798-1876) Music: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) – 00:02:56
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 2.8MB]
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  Read by Sonja
• Latin: Veni, veni Emanuel Words: Unknown, C8 Latin, The O Antiphons. Music: C15 French plainsong melody – 00:03:49
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Sonja
• The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy, unknown, arranged by Richard Mark Stephen Irwin (b. 1955) – 00:02:35
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Winston Tharp
• We Three Kings of Orient Are, voice and guitar. Words and Music by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891)– 00:02:22
  Source: E-text
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  Read by Ryan DeRamos
• We Three Kings of Orient Are, a cappella. Words and Music by John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1820-1891) – 00:03:12
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 3.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.7MB]
  Read by Sean Lynott

Cataloged on December 19, 2011