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Thread #75584   Message #1330367
Posted By: Burke
17-Nov-04 - 05:02 PM
Thread Name: American Christmas Carols
Subject: RE: American Christmas Carols
Joy to the World! as arranged by Lowell Mason. I believe the current thinking is that it has nothing to do with Handel & that Mason based it on a folk tune.

Didn't Nowell Sing We Clear record that version of Sherburne a while back?

Yes, doubtless where Animaterra got the idea.

Here are some of my favorite Shape Note Christmas tunes.
Star in the East

There are 2 good settings of:
Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes,
And send your fears away;
News from the regions of the skies--
"A Saviour's born to-day!
Oxford, is one of my favorite Shape Note Christmas hymns. Also Shepherd's Rejoice