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Sing We Now Of Christmas

https://soundcloud.com/mark_hayes/sing-we-now-of-christmas

From the 15th century French Christmas carol.

Because I need it, and sorry to be jumping the holiday gun so drastically.

This version based on the arrangement for solo piano by Mark Hayes (NOT ME! This guy: https://markhayes.com/biography/) but the piano here is just BIAB. I omitted all the original fancy piano stuff and pretty much just kept the chording for BIAB to play to, under recorder and violin voices.

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15th century!?
Wow, if only they would have had BIAB back then, no telling what they would have created.

A nice modern rendition.
Well done,.

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Well done Mark. Love the mascot photograph. I was surprised there are no vocals since "Sing We Now of Christmas" reads like there should be vocals.


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Still not sure how you achieved that; but, sounds good.
Amazing how we recognize it as a Christmas carol even after, what, 400+ years.


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Hi Mark,

I was amazed you could make also this kind of music. Very well done!
It is something else than throwing pots and pans off the stair ;-)
And you had it there with you from around 1500 you said? Amazing!

I was very pleased with what you made. Thumbs up!

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Moto, Jim, Ed, Hans, thanks so much for your comments.

Sorry about the absence of singing, I’m so used to not doing vocals I forget the implications of a title like this! I should probably put a disclaimer in a signature, like what you find on fake fruit drinks, "CONTAINS NO VOCALS" =8^)

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Originally Posted By: Birchwood
It is something else than throwing pots and pans off the stair ;-)


That was just me showing support for the nurses. =8^)

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this is different in a very good way.
made me feel like i was in sherwood forest way back when
with robin hood and his merry men etc.
or dancing round a maypole.
also reminds me of the genre of music i might hear on a britbox series on pbs.

you have hidden talents sir !!

well well done.
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This song is something very different but most excellent!

Loved your instrumentation.

Two thumbs up.


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I really caught the medieval feel of the tune. That was enjoyable. You're right on time with the Christmas music. I just heard a commercial on TV with holiday music in the background.

I like how you brought in the more modern instruments. Too bad there isn't a harpischord in it.

All in all... Good song.


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OM / MD / GH – God bless ye merry gentlemen for your kind comments.

I always loved real Christmas carols when I was a kid, not "Winter Wonderland" poop but the real thing, MUSIC like "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!"

This plastic angel had a light bulb and a wind-up music box inside, and that's what she played.

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