Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Genie
Date: 07 Dec 02 - 09:34 PM

Ann, I think the MIDI that Jeri posted before has the timing right on the last line.

It would be /...SO / RAISE ALL YOUR /VOI-CES, fill the /AIR with sweet / SONG/,
where lower case = eighth note, UPPER CASE = quarter note, Upper case underscored = half note, and upper case, underscored, bold = dotted half note.

Genie

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: CapriUni
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 12:06 AM

Ann, I think the MIDI that Jeri posted before has the timing right on the last line.

Actually, I've already sent a revised version off to Barbara, for inclusion in the Folknik newsletter... I decided that the simplest solution for the last line would be best.

Really, it was only the word "sweet" that was causing all the problems, so I simply dropped it. I kept the rhythm and timing the same for the last line, but just changed the lyrics to:

(Using your notation system, it's:

RAISE ALL YOUR/VOIC-ES let a/SONG FILL THE /AIR!/

Which is very close to the first version of the melody, excpt that measure #7 (/out of the/) and #11 (/dance, it goes/) both have the rhythm of dotted quarter, eighth, quarter....

Oh dear... have I posted that version of the final tweak, or not? I've lost track.

And yes, Áine, please do post this in the songbook... I've been meaning to send it to you, but I was getting ready for an Art Garden night (same venue I wrote "Child of the Spirits" for), and since then, I've been recovering... and it rather slipped my mind... should I email you the lyrics and midi?

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Áine
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 02:24 PM

Dear Ann,

Yee-Haw!!! The Keeper of the Book scores another great song for the Tome!! *BG*

Please do email me the lyrics ([e-mail]); but send the midi file to alan in Australia . . . at least I think he's still the Master of the Mudcat Midi Page . . . But, on second thought, maybe Pene Azul (a/k/a Jeff) is the new Master now. I guess you'll have to PM them both to find out (and then please let me know, OK?)

Thanks to you, CapriUni, and that sweet singing' lil bird that let me know where to find your sweet song, Áine

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: CapriUni
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 06:04 PM

Please do email me the lyrics ([e-mail])

On their way...

but send the midi file to alan in Australia . . . at least I think he's still the Master of the Mudcat Midi Page . . .

Hmmm. I sent the midi file that's linked at the top of this thread to MMario... I'll pm all three... And let you know...

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Genie
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 10:13 PM

Chirrrrp! ;-)

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Áine
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 11:23 PM

There ya go, CapriUni! ;-) It's in the Book!!

And you just keep chirrrrping, lil' bird! *BG*

All the best, Áine

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: CapriUni
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 11:55 PM

Thanks, Áine!

Thanks, Little Bird ;-)

"Cheer-up, cheerily, cheerily, cheerily!"

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Genie
Date: 09 Dec 02 - 03:40 AM

Well, we needed this inspiring song of celebration in Aine's new category (especially since the MIDI was already there all by itself!).

Our gracious "Goddess" has been overburdened (in true Sisyphus fashion) this past year, so she needs a few 'stool pigeons' out there to help tattle on songwriters who are hiding in various forum threads.

§;-D

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: CapriUni
Date: 09 Dec 02 - 12:24 PM

Well, we needed this inspiring song of celebration in Aine's new category (especially since the MIDI was already there all by itself!).

A question about that: the midi page Áine has linked to in her song book is not the same page that has the song. So is Alan's midi page:

a) redundant, or
b) different enough from "The Mudcat Midis" page (in the quick links) to warant the tune being in two places at once?

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Genie
Date: 09 Dec 02 - 07:53 PM

Ann, I checked http://www.mudcat.org/alanofoz/ and neither my song nor yours is among the MIDIs. This is the page that asks folks to send MIDIs to Alison, Alan, or Joe Offer.

I find both songs when I go to the Quick Links and select "Mudcat MIDIs" from that menu.

Thus, I assume they are two different collections of MIDIs, though I'm not sure if they overlap.

Genie

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: CapriUni
Date: 09 Dec 02 - 11:18 PM

Yes, I checked there, too... that's why I asked.

What I'm wondering is whether Alan's midi page is in the process of being replaced by the one in quick links, or whether they compliment each other.

Anyone?

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Genie
Date: 10 Dec 02 - 03:34 AM

I have no idea why that post ended up in boldface.

Yeah, Ann, I'm curious as to what MIDIs are supposed to go where, too.

Genie

PS, I still like Barry Finn's MIDI above, with harmony, better than the one in the Mudcat MIDIs.

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: CapriUni
Date: 15 Dec 02 - 07:11 PM

PS, I still like Barry Finn's MIDI above, with harmony, better than the one in the Mudcat MIDIs.

Is that because it has the harmony, or because it has the original rhythm (before I tried to do a complicated "fix")?

Subject: Raise All Your Voices -Solstice song from CapriUni
From: Genie
Date: 15 Dec 02 - 09:08 PM

Well, I like the harmony, but mainly I like the rhythm (phrasing). (Actually, as you know, I sing the whole song with a little more syncopation, as in the MIDI I sent you.)

Genie

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: GUEST,Willow Firesong
Date: 11 May 05 - 01:03 PM

Sorry about the popups -- when I signed up with Tripod, it didn't have the ad policy currently in place, which (frankly) is so obnoxious that even *I* don't like to use that version of my site.

You'll be happy to know that I now have a mirror version of the original site on my private server, at http://willow.creative-interweb.com/old_site/YulCarls/ -- but even better, I've updated the Carol Collection, and made it database driven, so that it's now about half again as large, and fully searchable. You can find the new version (the only one being actively updated) at:
http://willow.creative-interweb.com/library/songbook/carols/

Thanks for recommending my site, and again, my apologies about the popups. I've been planning on replacing the site with redirects to the fully ad-free version, but so far, other things have kept me too busy. For now, you have the direct link, which is even better. :)

Best wishes,


Willow Firesong
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Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: CapriUni
Date: 11 May 05 - 03:06 PM

Hey, Willow (I was wondering who'd renewed this thread after all this time)! Thanks for the information on the your sites.

I'll pass the info on to some Pagan friends. It's far from Yule, here, but it's fast approaching, south of the equator)

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Haruo
Date: 11 May 05 - 04:57 PM

I'm putting together a Christmas Carol Collection for my siblings and cousins' "Cousins' Christmas" get-together (a staple of my wife's family) and am planning on including your carol, Ann. We're a religiously eclectic lot.

Haruo

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Barbara
Date: 11 May 05 - 07:27 PM

Then you all might be interested in the way Anne rewrote her lyrics for an Oestara celebration that we had. Thanks again, Anne, and what do you say to posting them here?
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: CapriUni
Date: 11 May 05 - 07:43 PM

I was wondering if I should post them here, or under a new thread, since Oestra is a different Sabbat, and folks looking for Spring Equinox songs probably wouldn't search for them under Yule...

I was also contemplating doing a thread for a few of my short-short, almost-chant Pagan songs, after I edit them a bit. I could put the variation there, too...

So many decisions!

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Barbara
Date: 12 May 05 - 04:27 PM

Why don't you post them separately and then provide us with a blicky here? TIA
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: Haruo
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 02:01 AM

I see Barry T's MIDI is no longer found at the Shaw.ca address he used above. If you see this, Barry, could you post it again or email me a copy?

Haruo

Subject: RE: Winter Solstice Carol from CapriUni
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 03:21 AM

I think separate threads would be good, too, CU. Good to see this, again!