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The Spirit of Christmas: Christmas Carols Sung by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

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The Spirit of Christmas: Christmas Carols Sung by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Studio album by
Released1959
GenreChristian music, Christmas music
LabelColumbia Masterworks

The Spirit of Christmas: Christmas Carols Sung by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is an album by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was released in 1959 on the Columbia Masterworks label (catalog nos. MS-6100).[1][2]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on December 28, 1959, peaked at No. 5, and remained on that chart for two weeks.[3]

Track listing

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Side 1

  1. "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming" (arranged by Michael Praetorius) [2:32]
  2. "Tell Us, Shepherd Maids" (arranged by Mary E. Caldwell) [2:16]
  3. "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" (music by Lewis H. Redner, written Phillips Brooks) [1:44]
  4. "The Snow Lay On The Ground" (arranged by Leo Sowerby) [3:38]
  5. "The Shepherds' Story" (lyrics by William Morris, written by Clarence Dickinson) [4:32]
  6. "For Christ Is Born" (arranged by R. Crawford, written by K. Aiken, Mary E. Crawford) [4:12]
  7. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!" (adapted by W. H. Cummings, music by Felix Mendelssohn, words by Charles Wesley) [1:42]
  8. "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" (arranged by Arthur Warrell) [2:12]
  9. "The Coventry Carol" (arranged by Bryceson Treharne) [3:32]

Side 2

  1. "Silent Night, Holy Night" (music by Franz Gruber, words by Josef Mohr) [3:15]
  2. "Carol Of The Bells" (arranged by Peter J. Wilhousky, written by M. Leontovich) [1:30]
  3. "Glory To God In The Highest" (written by Giovanni B. Pergolesi) [3:28]
  4. "The Three Kings" (lyrics by Rev. Lluis Romeu, translated by Deems Taylor, written by Kurt Schindler) [2:30]
  5. "Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light (Christmas Oratorio)" (written by Johan S. Bach) [1:50]
  6. "Bethlehem Night" (lyrics by W. Leslie Nicholls, music by Arthur Warrell) [1:55]
  7. "What Perfume Is This? O Shepherds, Say!" (arranged by Samuel Liddle) [2:12]
  8. "Christmas Day" (written by Gustav Holst) [7:06]
  9. "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (written by F. Oakley) [1:40]

References

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  1. ^ "Mormon Tabernacle Choir – The Spirit Of Christmas: Christmas Carols Sung By The Mormon Tabernacle Choir". Discogs. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Spirit of Christmas". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 215. ISBN 0823076318.