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The Spirit of Christmas: Christmas Carols Sung by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The Spirit of Christmas: Christmas Carols Sung by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is an album by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was released in 1959 on the Columbia Masterworks label (catalog nos. MS-6100).[1][2]

The Spirit of Christmas: Christmas Carols Sung by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Studio album by
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Released1959
GenreChristian music, Christmas music
LabelColumbia Masterworks

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on December 28, 1959, peaked at No. 5, and remained on that chart for two weeks.[3]

Track listing edit

Side 1

  1. "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming" (arranged by Michael Praetorius) [2:32]
  2. "Tell Us, Shepherd Maids" (arranged by Mary E. Caldwell) [2:16]
  3. "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" (music by Lewis H. Redner, written Phillips Brooks) [1:44]
  4. "The Snow Lay On The Ground" (arranged by Leo Sowerby) [3:38]
  5. "The Shepherds' Story" (lyrics by William Morris, written by Clarence Dickinson) [4:32]
  6. "For Christ Is Born" (arranged by R. Crawford, written by K. Aiken, Mary E. Crawford) [4:12]
  7. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!" (adapted by W. H. Cummings, music by Felix Mendelssohn, words by Charles Wesley) [1:42]
  8. "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" (arranged by Arthur Warrell) [2:12]
  9. "The Coventry Carol" (arranged by Bryceson Treharne) [3:32]

Side 2

  1. "Silent Night, Holy Night" (music by Franz Gruber, words by Josef Mohr) [3:15]
  2. "Carol Of The Bells" (arranged by Peter J. Wilhousky, written by M. Leontovich) [1:30]
  3. "Glory To God In The Highest" (written by Giovanni B. Pergolesi) [3:28]
  4. "The Three Kings" (lyrics by Rev. Lluis Romeu, translated by Deems Taylor, written by Kurt Schindler) [2:30]
  5. "Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light (Christmas Oratorio)" (written by Johan S. Bach) [1:50]
  6. "Bethlehem Night" (lyrics by W. Leslie Nicholls, music by Arthur Warrell) [1:55]
  7. "What Perfume Is This? O Shepherds, Say!" (arranged by Samuel Liddle) [2:12]
  8. "Christmas Day" (written by Gustav Holst) [7:06]
  9. "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (written by F. Oakley) [1:40]

References edit

  1. ^ "Mormon Tabernacle Choir – The Spirit Of Christmas: Christmas Carols Sung By The Mormon Tabernacle Choir". Discogs. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Spirit of Christmas". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 215. ISBN 0823076318.
 

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