I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Cart · Ericsson Series Editing: San Francisco Girls' Choir, Susan McMahn, Art Director

I heard that the Christmas bell was kindly written by my dear friend Carole Thibodeaux. This work is always a fun scene with a contagious rhythm. In the proposal of Carol, it was possible to incorporate two songs that are not well known in my work. Melody is associated. When I began to admit that I knew almost nothing about the two composers, I learned that their melody is very suitable for the structure of my work. I like the idea of ​​creating new things from old things, and I think that this gesture is very suitable for a wide background that lasts forever during Christmas holidays.

Kurt Ericsson is an active composer, and its music can be heard in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Highlights include ballet of Lauren speck dance company for indoor orchestra, adult choir and boy soprano singer. Premiere of the San Francisco Female Choir, and Orchestra Premiere of the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2005, he joined Randolph - Macon College Women 's College and a composer of the Napa Valley International Dance Festival.

In his 20's, Ericsson hosted a unique three-room composer house at Grace Cathedral, the Virgin Mary of St. Mary and the St. Mark's Church of San Francisco. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as a composer at St. Francisco National Shrine in Assisi and produced sacred choral music for his professional orchestra, Scala Cantorm.

Born in Fresno, California, Kurt learned the piano with Pianist Philip Lorenz at California State University in Fresno. He continues to graduate from William Sirney University, Merrill Oliveros University, Notre Dame University and Alvin Karan students.

Ericsson's choral is recorded and distributed by Schola Cantorum's vocal choir called "Christmas Night". For more information on Mr. Ericsson, please visit www.kurterickson.com.

"I played their old familiar Carol, wild and sweet words I heard the bell on Christmas Day, there is repeat of peace on Earth, men have goodwill!" His original proverb is "All It was black It cursed the cannon of the grueling cannon to the south. "Peace borrowed from the stone hearth continent, and born to the family exceeds the goodwill to the man, it seems to be an earthquake! "

Henry Wordsworth Longfellow (Henry Wordsworth Longfellow) wrote in the poem "Christmas Bell", after listening to her beloved song "I heard the bell on Christmas Day", his son He was disturbed after the serious injury to the civil war and the loss of his wife was seriously injured. Who died due to a fire accident. In the second-to-last section, he sighed and said: Of course, after seeing the outcome of the election, some people feel this way .... On 9th November, regrettable It is a dark day. Even now some people may contribute to win "across the hatred" to cope with the loss of their candidates. If it's the end of a song it will be sad what leaves our desperate place as a reader ....... Fortunately, the final poem is a summary of this problem

Christmas bells singing Christmas carol for each Christmas season "Christmas Bells" As writing on December 25, 1864, Henry Wordsworth Longfellow, the most famous poet in America (Henry Wordsworth Longfellow, 1807 From 1882 to 1882) I will make a contribution. The original poem has seven sections, but in 1872 John Batist Culkin (John Baptist Culkin) two poems referenced the American Civil War, he said that I am Christmas morning, "We gave Christmas carol known to us today That heard the bells. "After hair trimming Edius 7 years ago, Fanny cut out, we decided to keep the wax seal cut. The sealing wax and the candle melt a few drops without noticing her clothes. When a breeze blew into an open window, Hot Wax lit the light material of her dress - she was completely flambed. In order to protect her children, she met with Henry's research, who tried desperately to extinguish the flame desperately