A CD to enjoy all year round!

"Hail To The Joyous Day" -
Christmas Music in America
(AMRC CD 0034)

Over one hour of American Christmas carols, hymns and songs
edited and arranged by Roger Hall.
Also with his Christmas Eve radio appearances.

Here are the track titles for American Christmas music composed over two centuries
from 1778 to 1988 and featuring Christm as Eve radio program highlights with Roger Hall:

+ = First performances

1. +O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Immanuel Lutheran Church Choir - arranged by Roger Hall, 1977
2. +Prepare The Royal Highway (Swedish & English) - Thorsten Carlson, soloist - arr. Roger Hall, 1978
3. +Shepherds Carol- Larre Nelson, soloist/ J.N. Snyder, vibraphone - arr. Roger Hall,1978
4. +Hail To The Joyous Day - Immanuel Lutheran Church Choir - music by Roger Hall, 1977
5. Boston (1778) - William Billings
6. WBET radio - December 24, 1987 Guest: Roger Hall
7. Judea (1778) - William Billings
8. Bethlehem (1778_ William Billings
9. Sherburne (1785) - Daniel Read
10. Carol (1794) - Supply Belcher
11. New Bethlehem (1799) - Edward French
12. Shaker Christmas Song (1815) - Elder John Dunlavy
13. WBET radio (1987) - conversation continued
14. Joy to the World (1848) - Lowell Mason
15. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (1850) - Richard Willis
16. We Three Kings Of Orient Are (1857) - John Henry Hopkins
17. Up On The Housetop (Santa Claus)(1860) - Benjamin Hanby
18. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (1863) - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
19. O Little Town Of Bethlehem (1868) - Phillips Brooks
20. WBET radio (1987) - conversation continued
21. Away In A Manger (1887) - James R. Murray
22. A Christmas Carol (1894) - Charles E. Ives
23. + Heavenly Music (Shaker Christmas Carol) - Nelson Phillips, edited by Roger Hall
24. WBET radio - Christmas Eve, 1991 - Christmas music at the movies - Guest: Roger Hall
25. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - soundtrack excerpt - music by Dimitri Tiomkin
26. +The Prince Of Peace Is Come (Shaker Christmas Carol) - arranged by Roger Hall, 1982
27. +The Dark Night Is Ending - from the play, "The Musical Telephone," by Roger Hall, 1988
28. WBET radio - We wish you a Merry Christmas - arr. A. Harris

 

To reeceive your copy of the 7 Christmas carols highlighted in red
which were composed, arranged or edited by Roger Hall (Numbers 1-4, 23, 26-27),
they are available at very affordable price of only .95 each.

To order any indidual audio title marked in red , go to the AMRC Complete List.

 

Click this link to order the CD, "Hail to the Joyous Day - Christmas Music in America" (AMRC CD 0034)
from the American Music Recordings Collection

Here are the four verses of "Hail to the joyous day"
from the poem by American jurist and playwright, Royall Tyler (1757-1826),
who is credited with writing the first American play, THE CONTRAST, in 1787:

1.
Hail to the joyous day,
On which our Lord was born,
Lift high the vocal lay,
And sing the blissful morn.
Your voices raise!
To hail the morn
On which was born
The Lord of grace.

2.
That sun which cheers the plains,
The seasons as they move,
Rich dews and fertile rains,
All prove his sovereign love.
Your voices raise!
To him who cheers
The fruitful years,
Be grateful praise!

3.
Where roamed the savage race,
In cruelty and blood,
He formed this sacred place,
A temple for our God.
Your voices raise!
Let earth resound,
The choral sound
Of sovereign grace.

4.
Let solemn organs sound,
And sweetest notes combine;
Swell the full notes around,
With grateful voices join.
Your voices raise!
On every wing,
In transport sing
The Savior's grace.

--text edited with music by Roger Hall

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