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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
Stan Kenton
Producer
Lee Gillette
Works
(6)
Recording Of
Away in a Manger
medley
Writer
[traditional]
Composer
James Ramsey Murray
(1885)
Carl Mueller
Lyricist
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
(1892)
additional
[anonymous]
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
medley
Composer
Felix Mendelssohn
(1840)
William H. Cummings
(1855)
additional
Lyricist
Charles Wesley
(1739)
George Whitefield
(1753)
additional
Joy to the World
medley
Composer
Lowell Mason
(1839)
additional
George Frideric Handel
Lyricist
Isaac Watts
Silent Night
medley
Translator
John Freeman Young
(1859)
Composer
Franz Xaver Gruber
(1818)
Lyricist
Josef Mohr
(1816)
The First Noël
medley
Arranger
Davies Gilbert
(1823)
Sir John Stainer
(1871)
additional
Composer
[traditional]
Lyricist
Davies Gilbert
(1823)
additional
[traditional]
Publisher
William B. Sandys
(1823)
William B. Sandys
(1833)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
medley
Composer
[traditional]
Lyricist
[traditional]
Releases containing this recording
(5)
Official
Album
A Merry Christmas!
1961
Stan Kenton
Kenton's Christmas
1970
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
A Merry Christmas!
15 Sep 2003
Stan Kenton
A Merry Christmas!
16 Sep 2003
Stan Kenton
2003 remaster
A Merry Christmas!
Stan Kenton