[Dixielandjazz] Christmas Music

[macjazz]

It's a CBS product from the 1950s.  It was an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, 
the Italian composer who started the Spoleto Festival at Charleston, S.C. 
It is still done a lot.

Mart (MacJazz)

Martin D. McKay, Designated Listener

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at verizon.net>
To: "Martin D. McKay" <macjazz at comcast.net>
Cc: "'Dixieland Jazz Mailing List'" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Christmas Music


> Thanks, Dick.
>
> "Amahl and the Night Visitor" was on one of the TV channels many years 
> ago.
> I think it was CBS but I could be wrong. I'd forgotten about it until your
> email.
>
> Stan
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dick Sleeman [mailto:dick at sleeman.nl]
>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:03 PM
>> To: DJML
>> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Christmas Music
>>
>> I know I shouldn't say this, but I have always felt that the "Christmas
>> Holidays" is more about "Father Christmas' and presents and shopping
>> and
>> dinner while forgetting what it IS about, a story brought to us through
>> the
>> Bible.
>>
>> Stan also mentioned "classical" so here is my suggestion: "AMAHL AND
>> THE
>> NIGHT VISITORS" by Gian Carlo Menotti. It is a nice little story about
>> the
>> three kings and a poor boy and his family. Disney should have used it
>> for a
>> movie long ago!
>>
>> My 2 Euro cents,
>>
>> Dick Sleeman
>>
>> > When the Halloween ads go up, I know it's time to think about music
>> for
>> > the
>> > Christmas season. I've got many CDs and LPs but there's always that
>> odd
>> > album which will add spice to this year's festivities. If you know of
>> any
>> > CDs which you like please let me know - jazz, classical, brass band,
>> New
>> > Orleans, etc. - all types of music are OK.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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