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Arnold Rypens
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Artist: Gustav Holst
Author: Christina Rossetti/Gustav Holst
Year: 1906
Christmas carol and choir classic written as a poem (by Christina Rossetti), published posthumously in 1904. Set to music by Holst in 1906, while he was Director of Music at the St Paul's Girls' School. He wrote this simple tune in Cranham, Gloucestershire and named it that way. Cranham is also where Lily Allen bought herself a 3 million pound estate.
Covers:
Barbara Dickson [in musical John, George, Paul, Ringo & Bert]
Nevada [hit UK]
Pet Shop Boys [in Birthday Boy]
Annie Lennox [ex choir girl]
Unthanks [on In Winter]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)