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Music
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Links to Music & Sound On-Line
. Chanukah
& Christmas Music Stuck for the words to the
second chorus of Angels We Have Heard On High? Forgotten a verse of
My Little Dreidl? Need the sheet music for What Child Is This?
Then check out this month's links to Chanukah and Christmas Music On-Line.
The audio files at these sites, mostly midi when available, are not the
best. But if you need to know the tune, they can help. ...
This month's Links to Music & Sound On-Line is an up-date on last year's
holiday version. We even found a site with the lyrics to over 600
Christmas songs. ... Enjoy! ...
Jewish
Community Online: Chanukah Songs
The Jewish Community Online site
is an extensive one. This section provides the most comprehensive
listing of lyrics of Chanukah songs we found. The lyrics are in
English and transliterated Hebrew.
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The
List? Rock of Ages / Maoz Tzur ... Mi Y'mallel? / Who can
Retell? ... My Little Dreidl ... O Chanukah ... Chanukah ... S'vivon {Top or
Dreidl} ... Al haNissim {For the Miracles} ... HaNerot haLálu {These
Candles} ... and Ner li {Little Candle}. There was no audio with these
songs. Curiously, however, the Catholic.net site's midi offerings {see
below} had 3 different versions of Dreidl available.
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There
was also a link to the Jewish Community Online Radio station, which normally
broadcasts 24-hours each day. {We thought we might have heard some
music for Chanukah as the holiday approached. Unfortunately, there was
nothing but a sign on the page that said they were experiencing technical
problems and expected to be back on air by November 20th. But that was
more than 3 weeks before our visit.} Nonetheless, this site's Chanukah
music section is worth a visit.
Rating: **** [4 stars]
. The
Carols of Christmas
This site is at myholidayplace.com a labor of
love, emphasis on labor. ...
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If
you click on the Complete Carols List on the opening page, you'll jump to a
page with a list of more than 600 Christmas tunes -- from standards like
Adeste Fidelis to much more obscure works like Burgundian Carol, Cornish
Wassail, or Zion's Daughter. And along the way, the proprietor of this
site took pains to leave no stone unturned when it comes to Xmas
tunes. There're pop classics from every decade of the last century,
humorous pieces {like God rest Ye Poor Small Businessmen} ... and more, much
more than we can even begin to do justice to.
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The
site isn't much to look at. But if making song at Xmas is your cup of
tea, then this site is a pot-full, with just the right touch of cream &
sugar to warm you through a holiday evening..
Rating: ****1/2
[4-1/2 stars]
. An
Online Christmas Songbook
This link actually takes you to a
domain called rememberjosie.org. We're not sure who Josie was, but
this we are sure of: The Christmas Carols section here contains the
sheet music & lyrics to 106 songs -- from traditional carols and
wassails, through Bach and the more popular ones from the Victorian era.
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Each
link from the main page takes you to a page with the sheet music and lyrics,
which is downloadable. The page will also begin to play the tune with
a sound quality like a somewhat older midi version ... which, if you're not
familiar, sounds a little like one of those musical greeting cards that
first hit the market some years back. But the arrangements, while not
terribly complicated, are harmonized nicely enough. {You can
stop the music by clicking on the stop button of your browser. Just
make sure you give the page a chance to finish loading.}
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An
Online Christmas Song Bok is an obvious work of love and care. The
site's proprietor also has an FAQ, appendix, book list, and links to other
Christmas music resources.
Rating: **** [4 stars]
. Christmas
Songs (lyrics)
Christmas
Songs (midi music files)
Both of these sites are hosted by
Catholic.net, part of a comprehensive site that bills itself under its
registered TM as the Catholic Information Center on Internet. ...
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These
two links are pretty self-explanatory. The lyrics site takes you to a
simple long-page listing of 25 Christmas songs -- from Angels from the
Realms of Glory and Angels we have Heard on High to We Wish You a
Merry Christmas and What Child is This? ... The second, midi
music site {scroll down the page to the the words Midi Files} lists over 150
Christmas songs, plus the 3 versions of the Dreidl song mentioned
above. In fact, they seem a little obsessed with different versions,
including Away In The Manger & Deck The Halls (4 versions each, as many
of the more common songs seem to have), Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem &
Jingle Bell Rock (5 versions each), and the hands-down winner, Jingle
Bells in 9 different versions.
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These
sites are not going to help you make your way through Bach's Christmas
Oratorio. But if you're out to remember the chestnuts and some light
pop, check them out.
Rating: ***1/2 [3-1/2 stars]
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About Links to Music & Sound On-Line
The
amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. To put it all in context, best estimates say that
only a fraction -- maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there -- is actually making its
way to the search engines. Well, here at DownStreet,
we'd like to try to help. So each issue, we post a few links in Music
& Sound to sites that might interest you. Sometimes the links will be
related to one another ... sometimes we'll just offer up a somewhat
random sampling. Sometimes they're about Vermont sites, sometimes
not. Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that
every link we provide will be of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter
out the noise and the bustle and focus on quality sites. ... In that
light, we hope you enjoy these sites as much as we have. . *******
******* If you know of any
links that you think are worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
... If we agree, we'll be happy to include
them in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
Thanks. *******
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