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March 18th, 2009

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The twelve songs of Christmas: The secrets of the most surprising season of Popular Tunes

The holidays are filled with emotions, joy and honored traditions, including the reproduction of songs about snowmen, St. Nick, the evergreen trees, and presents wrapped in links quite large. No matter how you celebrate the season, you hear these songs on radio, television, commercial offices, and almost everywhere the music is performed.

If you think the same songs played over and over again, you're right, but if that bothers you, consider alternative: Carol have been banned in England between 1649 and 1660. Oliver Cromwell, serving as Lord Protector of England, said Christmas should be solemn and also banned parties, limiting celebrations to sermons and prayer services.

Many songs celebrate parties, many with a spiritual connotation, and they all are familiar often regardless of their faith. But what do you know how these songs were created and the people who wrote it?

There are some fascinating facts behind this memorable music. Therefore, put a log in the fireplace pour yourself a hot toddy or an eggnog cold, and sit as reveal the secrets behind many of the issues to be heard dozens of times during the month of December.

"The Christmas Song, Mel Torme and Bob Wells, 1944. On a hot July day in Los Angeles, the 19-year-old singer Torme Jazz has worked with 23 years of old wells to create this beautiful song. Lots of images and the winter blues charm to all the pleasures of season, the song became a hit for Nat "King" Cole the following year. Torme in his autobiography, said Mr. Wells does not attempt to write words but just write the ideas that would help him forget the heat wave.

"The First Noel", a traditional 16th century 17. Some say it's a song with a British background, while others maintain they are of French origin. Up Now nobody has any definitive proof. Two things for certain: first, is very popular, if two countries were demanding, and other from Instead, count the title, the word "Christmas" appears in the song 30 times.

"Listen, The Herald Angels Sing, Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley, and William Cummings, 1739-1855. Wesley opening line was "Look how all the firmament of the Rings", and protested when a colleague changed. Wesley wanted a slow and solemn anthem for his song, but William Cummings set the lyrics of music punctuated by Felix Mendolssohn (from a cantata on furniture type inventor Johann Gutenberg). For his part, said that Mendolssohn composition appear only in a secular, not spiritual. So, desires, the two original authors have been thwarted in the creation of this glorious song.

"It Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, 1943. The composition of the team Martin (music) and Blane (lyrics) have worked together for five decades, producing Oscar-nominated songs for Tony. This song is hauntingly beautiful famous by Judy Garland in the 1944 film, "Meet Me in St. Louis." Although the song is a bittersweet gem, the lyrics original was actually darker and not Garland's happy. Since I am a big star in the time and frequented the director Vincent Minnelli (she married him the following year), changes were made.

"I'll Be Home for Christmas", Kim Gannon and Walter Kent, 1942. Gannon (lyrics) and Kent (composer) have worked together often, but even with his three Oscar nominations, nothing has been as successful the war song. By learning to Bing Crosby, who had obtained despite significant sales in competition with Crosby recording of "White Christmas Irving Berlin. "The song is a perennial favorite, and often appears in movies, including" Catch Me If You Can "and" The Polar Express. "

"Jingle Bells James Pierpont, 1850. Starting as a celebration alive Salem Street racing sleds, the song "One Horse Open Sleigh" made a rapid transition to a more sober atmosphere of the church social and became known as "Jingle Bells". Although there are four verses, only the first is usually sung by the letters in the other three lines. A woman named Fannie Bright appears in verse two, which also has a sledding accident. The third verse displays an anti-Samaritan laugh at a fallen rider sled and left him lying in a snowbank, while that The last verse has lines like "GO while you're young" and "Take the girls tonight." Ah yes, just good clean fun in the middle of Nineteenth century.

"Joy to the World," Isaac Watts and Lowell Mason, 1719 and 1822. The words, inspired by the 98th Psalm, were written by Watts, an English pastor, preacher and poet. Over a century later, the banker and choral teacher Mason has composed the music for the piece but attributed it Handel, presumably to make the song more popular. It took another century to mislead the enemy to discover.

"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Johnny Marks, 1949. It started as a coloring book written by copywriter Robert L. May 1939, the story of triumph over adversity Caribou beloved was a promotional issue of department store Montgomery Ward. May fairy tale was very popular and became even more when May's brother-brother Brands composer, composed music and lyrics and composition of singer Gene Autry. This version has sold 2 million copies in its first year. While most of the other reindeer names were invented by Clement Moore in his poem of 1822, "The Night Before Christmas", the hero of the story was called Rollo May Wait, that name has vetoed store managers, it has become Reginald. Oops, that was rejected, too. Finally, May's daughter suggested by Rudolf.

"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots, 1932. After many versions by stars as varied as Bruce Springsteen and Perry Como, it is difficult to believe that Gillespie and Coots song has been rejected by the city because she was "singing a Child. "Although the coot is a writer on the radio show of Eddie Cantor Cantor in the first approved in the song, fair agreement to do so at the instigation of his wife. Now he is so successful that even a parody of Bob Rivers (in the style of Springsteen) called "Santa Claus is Foolin 'Around. "

"Silent Night", Joseph Mohr, Franz X. Gruber, 1816-1818. There are many fantastic stories and speculation the origin of this beautiful song. Guidelines aside the darker stories, we are left with this: the poem, "Stille Nacht" was written by Mohr, who became assistant pastor of the St. Nicolas Church (really!) in Oberndorf, Austria. Mohr gave the poem to Gruber, the church organist, reportedly on Christmas Eve 1818, and held the same midnight. Interestingly, the first version did not contain but no body has been organized in two voices, guitar and choir. Both Mohr and Gruber created manuscripts with different instruments at different times from 1820 to 1855. The music made its way into the world a song "Tyrolean Folk" before gaining enough fame to be instantly recognizable with its first two words or four notes. The website of Silent Night (www.silentnight.web.za) says there are over 300 translations of the song and has links with 180 versions of 121 languages.

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" traditional 16th century. Well, let's get the two most popular myths as follows: days are dozens December 26 to January 6 and no hidden religious meaning in the lyrics. It's just a song that is also a memory game. Little Brother sings a line, you sing two lines, Aunt Lucy sings three lines, and so on around the room. This happens for some time in 1590. The "four birds Appellant "is another popular error. It's actually "four birds Colley" blackbirds (o). Besides the seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, there are more Bird in the words of one might think, as "five golden rings" actually refers to a ring neck bird as pheasants.

"White Christmas", Irving Berlin, 1942. U.S. finds some holiday songs, most popular, Berlin wrote for the soundtrack ( "Holiday Inn" starring Bing Crosby and by Fred Astaire). With her quiet strength and elegance of nostalgia for the simple pleasures the past, it was the perfect song for months during the dark Middle - World War II. Composer Berlin was not positive about the song when the first time Crosby, Bing but confidence is well founded. Spawning own a film (1954's "White Christmas" with Crosby and Danny Kaye) the song reached the Top 30 nearly 20 times and has sold over 30 million copies. They say it is 500 + recorded versions of the song in two dozen languages.

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Where can I find this French film ...?

"Les Chansons d'Amour" (English title: "Love Songs") With Louis Garrel? It was directed by Christophe Honore and screened at Cannes in 2007 ... has been limited output in the United States since March 19 2008. I audio tape, and try to find a copy of the video online because there is no place to show around here! Has anyone a link to a decent file. Torrent? Another way to see the movie? Thank you!

Here's a torrent here http://www.mininova.org/tor/1011489 and http://www.opensubtitles.com/fr/subtitles/3261570/chansons-d-amour-les-en English subtitles and you can always go to eMule if not enjoy!

Les chansons d'amour - Ma Mémoire Sale (Eng sub)