Midi Music Of Christmas
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas #1
- The First Noel
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- Away In The Manger
- Christmas Bells
- Christmas
- Come All Yea Faithful Men
- Deck The Halls
- Come All Yea Faithful #2
- The First Noel #2
- Frosty The Snowman
- God Rest Yea Merry Gentlemen
- Go Tell It On The Mountain
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas #1
- Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- Jingle Bells
- Joy To The World #1 - Joy To The World #2
- Let It Snow
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas #2
- Away In The Manger
- Little Town Of Bethlehem
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
- Santa Is Coming To Town
- Silent Night #1 - Silent Night #2
- Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas #2
- Walking In A winder Wonderland
- What Child Is This? #1 - What Child Is This? #2
- White Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
- March Of The Wooden Soldiers
- Jolly Old St Nicholas
- Oh Holy Night
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synchronize with each other in real time.
MIDI does not transmit an audio signal or media — it simply transmits
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and panning, cues and clock signals to set the tempo. As an electronic
protocol, it is notable for its success, both in its widespread adoption
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Carols
Christian scriptures detail a world of spirits and nine choirs of Angels who were sent by God into the lives of humankind. Legend tells that in Bethlehem, people heard the Angels sing one time in unison to announce the birth of the Christ Child. The words thought to ring out at that moment were: Gloria in exelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Therefore, this is considered to be the first Christmas carol.
According to ancient tradition, Christmas carols of all times and all nations should adhere strictly to the narrative of Saint Luke, which has three distinct points: the recitive of the Angel of the Lord, the choir of the multitudes of Angels and the reaction of the shepherds.
Christmastime music began with the litanies, or musical prayers, of the Christian Church. An early historian wrote that in approximately 100 A.D., the Bishop of Rome urged his people to sing "in celebration of the birthday of our Lord." By 400 A.D., priests would stroll around their parishes on Christmas Eve singing these Latin hymns.
St. Francis of Assisi is credited with being the "Father of Caroling." Only church officials had been encouraged to sing carols prior to the time of St. Francis. In 1223, however, the saint placed a creche (miniature Nativity scene) in a hermitage at Greechio, Italy. After this, many churches began displaying such scenes at Christmas and soon, people began to act out the events of the Holy Night. The actors composed Christmas carols to sing during their Nativity plays and, later, would stroll through the streets still singing. In that manner, did street-caroling come to be.
By the Middle Ages, wandering minstrels were traveling from hamlet to castle performing their carols. Later still, villages had their own bands of "waits." Waits were originally watchmen who patrolled the streets and byways of the old walled cities, keeping guard against fire and singing to while away the night hours. During the holiday season, the waits would include carols in their repertoires. Not everyone was delighted with this display of musical entertainment, however, and many townspeople complained, declaring they would rather get a good night's sleep than have somebody singing under their windows. Eventually the term was used to describe groups of musicians who sang and played at various civic events during the Christmas season.
The word "carol" derives from a Greek dance called a choraulein, which was accompanied by flute music. The dance later spread throughout Europe and became particularly popular by the French, who replaced the flute music with singing. Originally, people performed carols on many occasions during the year. By the 1600s, carols involved singing only and Christmas had become the chief holiday for these songs. Counted among the most favored of non-religious carols are "Jingle Bells" and "White Christmas," both of which first appeared as popular songs in the United States.
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