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Hymns and Carols
In Languages Other Than
English
Editor's Note: I do not speak any
language other than English (of the American persuasion). It is for
that reason that this site is generally restricted to carols and hymns
in the English language. I have attempted to learn other languages --
notably French and Greek -- and at this time would like to publicly
apologize to those instructors, of which I have wasted a total of three
years of their professional endeavors.
I do not vouch for the rendition in any language of
any carol -- or even of the correct identification of language -- and
any expert in any such language is cordially invited to correct any
errors in either the original or any free translations. The gentle
correction will be the most well-received.
In addition, please feel free to bring to my attention
any collections of carols in languages other than English. I will
happily link to such sites here and at the
Links page.
Haut, Haut, Peyrot (Sheet Music Only. From Charles L. Hutchins,
Carols Old and Carols New; Hutchins adds this note: A
Béarnais Christmas Carol; the words by Andichon; the music a
traditional tune to be found in Gustave Probst's Melodies
Béarnaises.)
An excellent Latin
resource is Michael Martin, "Thesaurus
Precum Latinarum: Treasury of Latin Prayers," Latin hymns are
found on his
Hymni page. He has many other excellent resources for the Latin
student or scholar. His Links page is worth checking out, too.
At
Polish
Christmas Carols and Customs, you can read an extended account
of the Polish carols arranged by Kazimierz Hubert. Also, an
introduction to the beautiful Christmas music of Poland. Links to
many other Polish carols and to many Polish sites. The main page for
this site is
The Christmas Archives, which contains a large amount of
Christmas-related information.
Rudolf er rod pa nesen [Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer,
copyright ; Norwegian translation, No English Translation, see
"Rudolph Has A Red Nose,"
Mike and Else's Norwegian Songbook(Bloomington, MN:
Skandisk, 1985)
See Jeanne Pasero's site,
Christmas in Wales for more information about Welsh traditions,
including a Welsh version of Silent Night: Tawel nos dros y byd.
This is just one of many Christmas-related pages on her very large site.
Multi-media video presentations about favorite carols from Ron
Clancy, author of the
Christmas Classics™
series of beautifully illustrated Christmas carol books. Updates will appear
approximately daily through early December, 2009. A total of 22 videos are
expected to be linked.
TheGoldenEggs — a collaboration of six of Bath, England's most
talented young professional musicians — recorded this album around the fire in a
Bath living room. This natural, warm and happy collaboration followed the
instincts of the people involved to arrive at a innovative collection of
familiar carols in a wide and refreshing range of moods.
Joseph Ritson, ed., Ancient Songs and Ballads From The Reign of King Henry
the Second To The Revolution. 1790.
W. Carew Hazlitt, ed., Third Edition.
London: Reeves And Turner, 1877.
Repr. Detroit, MI: Singing Tree Press, 1968. Table of
Contents
Davies Gilbert, Some Ancient Christmas Carols London: John Nichols And Son, 1822
London: John Nichols And Son, Second Edition, 1823 Preface
Table Of Contents
Joshua Sylvestre, A Garland of Christmas Carols, Ancient and
Modern
London: 1861, reprinted by A. Wessels Company, New York, 1901 Table of Contents
and Introduction
Edward F. Rimbault, A Little Book
Of Christmas Carols.
London: Cramer, Beale & Co., 201, Regent Street, No Date (circa
1863).
Preface
Table Of Contents
William Henry Husk, Songs of the Nativity
London: John
Camden Hotten, 1868, reprinted by Norwood Editions, Norwood, PA, 1873 Introduction Table of
Contents
A. H. Bullen, A Christmas Garland: Carols and Poems
From
The Fifteenth Century To
The Present Time
London: John C. Nimmo,
1885 Preface
Table of Contents
Charles Wood and George Ratcliffe Woodward, eds., An Italian Carol Book
London: The Faith Press, Ltd., 1920
Table of Contents and Preface
George Ratcliffe Woodward,
The Babe Of Bethlehem
Being Some Christmas Carols Hillsgate Village, 1923
Table Of Contents
Charles Wood and George
Ratcliffe Woodward, The Cambridge Carol-Book Being Fifty-Two
Songs For Christmas, Easter, And Other Seasons London: Society
for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1924
Table of Contents
W. A. Pickard-Cambridge, A
Collection of Dorset Carols London: A. W. Ridley & Co., 1926 Preface
Table of Contents This significant collection has been overlooked;
I would recommend this volume to the serious student of carols.
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