Christmas Medley: Joy to the World / Away in a Manger / The First Noel / We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Silent Night by Stan Kenton

First released: 1961, Length: 8:24

Creators (2)

Arranger

  1. Stan Kenton

Producer

  1. Lee Gillette

Works (6)

Recording Of

  1. Away in a Manger medley

    Writer

    1. [traditional]

    Composer

    1. James Ramsey Murray (1885)
    2. Carl Mueller

    Lyricist

    1. Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1892) additional
    2. [anonymous]
  2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing medley

    Composer

    1. Felix Mendelssohn (1840)
    2. William H. Cummings (1855) additional

    Lyricist

    1. Charles Wesley (1739)
    2. George Whitefield (1753) additional
  3. Joy to the World medley

    Composer

    1. Lowell Mason (1839) additional
    2. George Frideric Handel

    Lyricist

    1. Isaac Watts
  4. Silent Night medley

    Translator

    1. John Freeman Young (1859)

    Composer

    1. Franz Xaver Gruber (1818)

    Lyricist

    1. Josef Mohr (1816)
  5. The First Noël medley

    Arranger

    1. Davies Gilbert (1823)
    2. Sir John Stainer (1871) additional

    Composer

    1. [traditional]

    Lyricist

    1. Davies Gilbert (1823) additional
    2. [traditional]

    Publisher

    1. William B. Sandys (1823)
    2. William B. Sandys (1833)
  6. We Wish You a Merry Christmas medley

    Composer

    1. [traditional]

    Lyricist

    1. [traditional]

Releases containing this recording (5)

Official

Album

  1. A Merry Christmas! 1961 Stan Kenton
  2. Kenton's Christmas 1970 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
  3. A Merry Christmas! 15 Sep 2003 Stan Kenton
  4. A Merry Christmas! 16 Sep 2003 Stan Kenton 2003 remaster
  5. A Merry Christmas! Stan Kenton