Ansel Adams’ Sounds of Christmas: Peace on Earth

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Christmas Overture
[unknown]1:50
2Mary Did You Know
recording of:
Mary, Did You Know?
lyricist:
Mark Lowry (Comedian, Southern Gospel Music)
composer:
Buddy Greene
publisher:
Rufus Music, Word Music, Inc. and Word Music, LLC
Buddy Greene3:54
3Angels We Have Heard on High
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
lyrics quoted on:
Gloria
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
[traditional]4:00
4Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
recording of:
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus ("Hyfrydol" melody)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer)
composer:
Rowland Huw Prichard
is based on:
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus (words only, please link recordings to work with melody)
is based on:
Hyfrydol (hymn tune, no lyrics)
[unknown]4:53
5What Child Is This
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
[traditional]5:52
6Little Drummer Boy
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
lyrics quoted on:
Drummer Boy
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
Katherine K. Davis4:51
7I Saw Three Ships
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
[traditional]2:31
8Coventry Carol
recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]2:26
9Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring; catch-all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach4:53
10Silent Night
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)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Franz Xaver Gruber2:26
11Hark! The Herald Angel Sings
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
Felix Mendelssohn4:37
12Still. Still. Still / Mid-Winter
[unknown]4:41