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volunteers get into the festive spirit to bring you this year's selection of carols and Christmas music - both sacred and secular.

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Religion, Holiday, Music

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...This collection includes 40 different Christmas carols collected and read by Douglas D. Anderson, the creator of http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/ The Hymns and Carols of Christmas website, a public-domain collection of Christmas music containing over 2,6...

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...These 101 songs are all postmissionary and owe their musical origin to missionary hymns. None of them are technically chants but some, such as " 'Alika," "Hole Wai-mea," and "Maika'i Kaua'i," are chants that have been edited and set to music. The songs date from the mid-1850's ...

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...” We finished our errands, his to the green-grocer and the baker, and to the music shop for staff paper, and I to the saddlery for new reins and the ... ...ded me out of the little craft. “Welcome,” he said quietly, “to my palace of music.” I looked around in amazement. There was a dining table, set for ... ...ic.” I looked around in amazement. There was a dining table, set for two; a music area with a violin, a piano, a pipe organ, and sheets of music spr... ...d forward, my hair caressing his chest and cheeks as I kissed him. His long musician’s hands stroked my back. “Now, my fancy man,” I purred into his... ...ued to write out the score, changing a chord here and there but feeling the music flow through my hands like my own life’s blood. After what seemed m... ...her has asked that you join us in our box at Covent Garden for the opera on Christmas Eve. It’s a mixed program, and one of the singers is from Fra... ... “I should take you home soon, Claire.” “Perhaps you could help me with my Christmas shopping before we go,” I suggested. I was not ready to be sh... ...ll loves me. Still, these months have not been easy. I must write about the Christmas program we attended with the Harringtons. Claire was attired ...

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...its face; Its stick eyes smoothing it To a duller complexion. It isn't yet Christmas And I am going home. My parents one day drooped In front of all, ... ...in the spitting fumes; bad-muffler sounds; The rocking phallicism in radio music of passing cars, He feels he has to move or die And gets down To hi...

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...me in: I made great tips. I looked for­ ward to this day as though it were Christmas. Other young men my age looked forward not to Friday but to Sat... ...ver black talent agent. I became a founding member of a new rock and roll music division. This was a new challenge for all of us, since there were ... ...rt me in advancing their career, but it was very slow going. By the time music lovers discovered their genius, Simon and Garfunkel had lost faith i... ... goal of making, marketing and sell­ ing Uncle Noname cookies in Hawaii by Christmas-just two months away! I wanted to see thousands of bags of cooki... ...ai'" I had set my target of having Uncle Noname cookies in the stores by Christmas. It was now the end of October, and I had to move fast. Once hom... ...em" turned into a fortuitous move, since the best bags available were in Christmas colors-red and green. We printed separate labels for the back an... ...in June, 1993, for the auspicious occasion of his son's graduation. Every Christmas, the Salvation Army invites local celebrities to be bellringers ...

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...ce, I know that I am not the giver; I am just a channel. On the day after Christmas in 2004, a powerful earthquake in Sumatra at the northern tip of... ... Love songs were invented by marrying the magic of words to the magic of music. What sentimental heart can resist an arrow of words and music from ...

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...ticle.asp?page=/urogyn/murphy- book/cover Calendars Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7. Their "old new year" is a week later, on... ...was Pope Pius X who, in 1910, changed the beginning of the ecclesiastical year from Christmas Day to January 1, effective from 1911 onwards. All... ...ion in 1834. http://humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (musical) The musical "Chicago" won 6 Academy awards (Oscars) in... ...tarantism. It was played for days on end to manic patients by groups of travelling musicians as a kind of music therapy. The patient also had to se... ... little known that the Library of Congress had a similar fate 1500 years later. On Christmas Eve 1851, the Library of Congress burnt down entirely.... ...ed by Hans Leip, a 19-year old German soldier in the first world war. It was put to music by Norbert Schultze (1911-2002), a collaborator with the ... ...ing Hebrew, the language of most holocaust survivors. It made it into the Japanese music charts in 1986. http://ingeb.org/garb/lmarleen.html ... ... minutes. Walt Disney - with 26 statues - won the most awards. Alan Menken for music and Denis Muren for visual effects each garnered 8 Oscars....

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... What a wonderful hope. What a creative commission. Many of the creative and musical arts had their start in religion. For eons, humanity has shown it... ...ipture verse on my desk, then quickly put together a series of stories about Christmas and mailed them to the editor of our small-town weekly newspape... ... love it. The problem is we forget that we love it. As a character who loves music in one of my books says, “Y ou know me, I’d play for the squirrels ... ...ay. And I sing songs of joy and praise and thanksgiving. I get lost in the music and the spiritual experience. I simply bask in the glow of His lov... ...pent any length of time in God’s word? When had I last worshiped with praise music pouring out my speakers instead of tapping away at the keyboard? Wh... ...sit www.loreelough.com for more details. And be patient, ‘cause there’s cool music!) Coleen P . Kenny is a freelance-writer whose fans forget she is a... ...as. She wrote The Stained Glass Pickup (2006) and co-authored A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts ~ Stories to Warm Y our Heart and Tips to Simplify Y our...

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...at on low, cushioned divans placed around the room to be entertained by dancing girls and Indian musicians. Then it was all over and time for the g... ...nding the walled garden, which at night, Helen guessed, would create a magical ambience. The soft music of a sitar emanated from the marble pavilion... ...ion. The colour of agates, they gazed out on the world with the unseeing stare of the blind. The musician of the sitar was an elfin-faced, raven-hai... ... they had never seen except in the history books loaned to them by their European customers. The music of a waltz was playing and Gavin whisked Hele... ... look deeper and almost turquoise. Do you know you take my breath away?’ he murmured and when the music stopped, he seemed reluctant to let her go. ... ...es occurred, these were repaired immediately, despite heavy enemy fire. It was a few days before Christmas. The women had tried to bring some festi...

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...ne of the princely cycle—courtly audiences, hunting, feasting, dancing and music—accurately and surprisingly detailed. "Do you like it?" "I ... I..." ... ...al Saudi Arabian garb on display, along with rugs, woven objects, jewelry, musical instruments and other artifacts. The library alone contained severa... ...role?" He smiled, leaned closer to be heard over the party's blaring salsa music. Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 47 Not too tall, though he dwar... ...tly to a bedroom at the end of a long hallway, far from the chattering and music, and closed the door behind them. Made her wonder just why he was so ... ...ance and appreciate the view unnoticed. On his knees, head bowed, voice so musical and soothing she wanted to join him. Or join with him. Where had th... ...he answer a second before Bari piped up. "Are you still going to be around Christmas, Mr. Kane?" He solemnly nodded. "If it is Allah's will, yes." "So... ...him an indulgent grin and nodded. "Then yes, I suppose I will come to your Christmas dinner." "Goody!" Aziza clapped. "Told you he was coming, doofus....

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...ghtning, cure the sick; the same magnificent self that has written great music, plays, books and movies. Realize that all great scientists, invento... ...insight into what my own potential was. Rozzell visited me shortly before Christmas, 1974, when I was trying to raise money to open my first cookie... ...OWER IN YOU 136 palm tree, a breeze soothes you, and you can almost hear music-sounds of paradise. Down toward the edge of the horizon you see your... ...t imagina' tion, that level of realism would be impossible to achieve. A musician hears notes in his mind, imag, ines them, before composing a musi... ...ve you for ignoring the possibilities of the fool in me And adding to the music in me by worshipful listening. I love you because you are helping me... ...cked with all those wonderful toys you buy and assemble for your child at Christmastime. Whether or not we see the instructions depends on our belie...

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...o? There’re no damn power stations anymore; this place looks like a giant Christmas tree! Nice job with the snipers too, I could see them from a mil... ...” De- spite being 52 years old, Talbot was as excited as a young child on Christmas day. Vincent walked over to Talbot and Andromeda and raised his ... ...nything,” the driver commented in a tone that would beft a young child on Christmas day. “If he survives,” Crisco commented in one of the most pes- s... ...is what we need. Okay, maybe not that particular one as we could use some music down here, but we could fnd a powerful subwoofer that I could modify...

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...Our music, our culture, our science, and our economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Do...

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...a brilliant composer, not only educated me in composition and the history of musical borrowing but co-taught a class on musical borrowing that dramati... ...s, and Carol Rose. Kembrew McLeod and Siva Vaidhyanathan inspired my work on music and sampling. Peter Jaszi was named in my last book as the person w... ...to many of its members. Whitney Brous- sard told me the dirty secrets of the music industry. Daphne Keller—a former student and later a colleague—help... ...s a lowering of copying costs hurt every industry equally. Digital copies of music were a threat to the traditional music business, but digital copies... ...of homeschooling, or a cartoonist with a uniquely twisted view of life, or a musician who can make a slack key guitar do very strange things, or a per... .... It will not even have had its twentieth birthday on her graduation day. By Christmas of 2012, it will be able to drink Chapter 10 232 -1 ___ 0 ___ 1...

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...metaphysical conceits of John Donne, Herbert applied the ideas of extended and imaginative metaphors infused with a highly precise language to create musical lyrics—Herbert had a great love and knowledge of music—that were entirely devoted to his Christian beliefs. While politically ambitious as a young man, Herbert fully embraced his faith and became a priest in 1630. Her...

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...criptures (I) The Holy Scriptures (II) Whitsunday Grace Praise (I) Affliction (II) Mattens Sinne (II) Even-Song (I) Church-Monuments Church-Musick Church-Lock and Key The Church-Floore The Windows Trinitie-Sunday Content The Quidditie Humilitie Frailtie Constancie Affliction (III) The Starre Sunday Avarice Ana- {MARY/ARMY} -gram To All Angels and S...

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...ey Like Who Learns My Lesson Complete? Tests The Torch O Star of France The Ox-Tamer An Old Man's Thought of School Wandering at Morn Italian Music in Dakota With All Thy Gifts My Picture-Gallery The Prairie States PROUD MUSIC OF THE STORM PASSAGE TO INDIA PRAYER OF COLUMBUS THE SLEEPERS TRANSPOSITIONS TO THINK OF TIME WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH Darest T...

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... my hair as we rode to the top of the Ferris wheel and then stopped, hovering in midair. I breathed in, relaxed, and listened to the distant screams, music, and laughter echo below us. Sherry set down the stuffed pink pig I’d won for her in the ring toss and folded her hands in her lap, enjoying the silence. I dared a quick look at the stuffed animal, fighting with myself ...

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... a grey-haired man with a seeing-eye dog. Karl’s gorgeous tenor sends the music soaring. HIV is robbing him of his vision, but not of his vigor. He ... ... being scary again. I had such fun with the youth organization. We went Christmas caroling one night and had a get-together at someone's house the... ...I don't remember how the subject came up, but we got to talking about what music we listened to. People around me cited Christian artists like Don F... ...ss is still there.) Instead, I left. If "Christians" couldn't listen to music that had no hurtful message, or have GLBT friends, I didn't want to ... ...or much the same reason. In fact, I made a conscious decision just before Christmas 2009 to only listen to music that I found personally uplifting. ... ..., I made a conscious decision just before Christmas 2009 to only listen to music that I found personally uplifting. This might be because of the song... ...he artist's story inspiring, or any number of other reasons. Heck, if the music evokes a pleasant memory, it qualifies. I read books on a variety of...

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...ifc MURRAY HILL HOTEL M One Block From Qrand Central Station European Plan—Music—Smoker Headquarters in New York for All College and University Athlet... ...M. Moore, Mgr. W, S* Underwood Go. ^ PIANOS, it UlgillS North Adams, Mass. MUSIC PIANO TUNING A SPECIALTY P RATT BROTHERS COLLEGE i SHOES Opp. Wilson ... ...nager, J. H. Lapliaui '07; captain, C. M. Waters 'lo. Glee Club—Manager of Musical Associa- tion, C. B. Rogers "07 ; leader of mandolin club, T. K. Th... ...M. Moore, Mgr. W. S. Underwood Co* Jt PIANOS, it UlginS North Adams, Mass. MUSIC PIANO TUNING A SPECIALTY P RAT T BROTHERS COLLEGE SHOES Opp. Wilson H... ...ston, 111,, received the degree of Ph. D. from Chicago univer- sity at the Christmas convocation. He presented a thesis on Spanish literature and has ... ... 16. and several oth- er concerts in New York city and vicinity during the Christmas va- cation. The October number of the Bul- letin of the American ... ...nn '10 9.34DisBell '11 9.41 Kellegrew'U 9.48 Phillips '11- 9.55 Chang;e in Christmas Recess The Christmas recess will l)egin at 4.30 p. ni. on Thursda... ...lair Country club.Mofit- clair, N. J. Owing to a change in the date of the Christmas vaca- tion, a concuft ai Englewood. N. J., had to be canceled. Fi... ...he end of this week, the pipes will be ready for distribu- tion before the Christmas vaca- tion. Up to Tuesday, sixty or- ders had been received. Duri...

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...ords to produce a melody enjoyed by our listeners. Just think of all the music produced today. What makes us buy a certain song? Is it the wording ... ...ng? I have observed many singers who are so attuned to the words and the music they produce that it feels as if they have reached a rapturous state... ... set of these to a dear friend, and he shared with me how he used them at Christmas time. He would pick a word card for each person he was sending a... ...hristmas time. He would pick a word card for each person he was sending a Christmas card to and would write the words of wisdom that were on the bac... ... timely it was to receive this important message. T ey all said that the Christmas card had much more meaning to it because my friend took the time... ...me to think just about them and off er a gift of loving kindness. T is was music to my ears. I was very grateful that it increased the level of human...