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Walking In A Winter Wonderland
A classic Christmas song that describes the walk of two lovers in a fairy-tale snowy landscape, was written…
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Jack Frost in rhyme and songs
Leggi in italiano Jack Frost is the symbolic counterpart of Jack of the Green, he is the ice…
Saint Lucy: the beginning of the Winter Solstice
Leggi in Italiano December 13 marks the beginning of Christmas in Sweden and Norway, the day on which…
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The Christmas Storke [La Cicogna di Natale]
The legend comes from the English Renaissance and became a Christmas song entitled “The Storke (The Christmas Storke)”La…
Pubblicato inCHRISTMAS TIME/Natale, Cucina irlandese/ Irish cooking, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica irlandese/ Irish music
Christmas in Killarney
Leggi in italiano “Christmas in Killarney” combines a festive music with the most genuine Christmas tradition in South…
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Skeklers from Shetland
Leggi in italiano From the Shetland Islands come the “straw men” called skeklers, “masks” who played a specific…
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Christmas & Bagpipers in Italy
The Mediterranean instrument par excellence, the bagpipes (zampogna) made by the shepherds / peasants of south-central Italy, was…
Derby Ram sea shanty
The oldest traditions of the mid-winter festival included an auspicious quest in which a group of young people went from house to…
Christmas Lullaby by Caprice
Music and Lyrics: Anton BrejestovskiCaprice in Kywitt! Kywitt! 2008 IThere’s no time like December,Crisp air like a sweet drinkChildren…
Pubblicato inCHRISTMAS TIME/Natale, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA MEDIEVALE/ Medieval Music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Donkey’s Mass: Orientis partibus
The Donkey Festival (or Festa dei Folli, known as the Festa dei Pazzi in Florence) was celebrated in…
Pubblicato inCHRISTMAS TIME/Natale, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Apples in Winter: New Years Eve in Great Brittany
New Years Eve in Great Brittany: Apple Wassail, Hel Calennig, Mari Lwyd (hooden horse), Firstfoot, wren hunting
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Auld Lang Syne: melodies in search of an author
This is an old song that Robert Burns says he heard from an elderly singer. The song includes…
A guid new year to ane an’ a’
Hogmanay is the most popular revel in Scotland and the most common songs are Auld Lang Syne and…
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What Child is this
"What Child is this" is a Christmas song written by the English poet William Chatterton Dix in 1865,…
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Bethlehem Down
Bethlehem Down is a rather recent Christmas carol published in 1927 and winner of the annual competition announced…
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Hurdy Gurdy Man (“Der Leiermann”) by Sting
In 1823 Whilhelm Müller wrote a collection of 24 poems, entitled "Winterreise" four years later, Franz Schubert composed…
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The Hounds Of Winter
On more than one occasion Sting reiterated that the season most congenial to him is winter, so in…
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The Burning Babe
From the visions of the English Jesuit Robert Southwell, the poem "The Burning Babe" was played by the…
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Lullaby for an Anxious Child
A lullaby for Baby Jesus composed by Sting and Dominic Miller for the collaboration in the Kofi Brown…
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Airdí Cuan, a song of exile
A song in Irish Gaelic, a song of exile, is widespread with various titles: Airdí Cuan, Ard Ti…
