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Thread #10493 Message #1920626
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
28-Dec-06 - 01:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Carol of the Birds
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Carol of the Birds
Arkie, there seems to be a discussion of Niles and the song in "The Musical Times," vol. 91, no. 1283, pp. 31-32, 1950. No idea of content. JSTOR has it, but I don't have a subscription that includes that journal.
The song is called '20th c.' on a Battle-Parkening cd (Angels Glory), and supposedly was inspired by St. Francis of Assisi.
It could be folk, arr. and re-written by Niles, but I have no information.