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The Music of Christmas

Index The Music of Christmas

The Music of Christmas is the first Christmas album by the Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. [1]

60 relations: Adolphe Adam, AllMusic, Angels We Have Heard on High, Away in a Manger, Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee), Bill Champlin, Bill Schnee, Bob Carlisle, Brown Bannister, Burbank, California, California, Carol of the Bells, CeCe Winans, Charles Wesley, Christian, Christmas music, Contemporary Christian music, Dann Huff, Doug Sax, Edward Shippen Barnes, Felix Mendelssohn, Franklin, Tennessee, Franz Xaver Gruber, Gavyn Wright, George Frideric Handel, Gordon Kennedy (musician), Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Heaven in the Real World, Henry Sloane Coffin, Hollywood, Jeff Balding, Jimmie Lee Sloas, John Francis Wade, John Mason Neale, Leland Sklar, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Max Carl, Michael W. Smith, Mykola Leontovych, Nashville String Machine, Nashville, Tennessee, New York City, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, O Come, All Ye Faithful, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, O Holy Night, Paul Leim, Pop music, Quad Studios Nashville, Robbie Buchanan, ..., Rock music, Roland Corporation, Shane Keister, Signs of Life (Steven Curtis Chapman album), Silent Night, Sparrow Records, Steven Curtis Chapman, Terry McMillan (musician), Tommy Funderburk, William Chatterton Dix. Expand index (10 more) »

Adolphe Adam

Adolphe Charles Adam (24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer and music critic.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Angels We Have Heard on High

"Angels We Have Heard on High" is a Christmas carol with the lyrics written by James Chadwick, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, to the music from a French song called Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes.

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Away in a Manger

"Away in a Manger" is a Christmas carol first published in the late nineteenth century and used widely throughout the English-speaking world.

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Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee)

The Bennett House is a recording studio located on 4th Avenue North in Franklin, Tennessee.

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Bill Champlin

William Bradford "Bill" Champlin (born May 21, 1947) is an American singer, musician, arranger, producer, and songwriter.

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Bill Schnee

William S. "Bill" Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer.

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Bob Carlisle

Robert Mason "Bob" Carlisle (born September 29, 1956) is an American Contemporary Christian singer and songwriter.

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Brown Bannister

Elliott Brown Bannister III (born August 15, 1951) is a contemporary Christian music (CCM) producer and songwriter.

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Burbank, California

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Carol of the Bells

"Carol of the Bells" is a popular Christmas carol, with music by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914Korchova, Olena (December 17, 2012).

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CeCe Winans

Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally as CeCe Winans, (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer, who has sold over 12 million records worldwide and won 12 Grammy Awards.

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Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English leader of the Methodist movement, most widely known for writing more than 6,000 hymns.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season.

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Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music (or CCM—and occasionally "inspirational music") is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith.

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Dann Huff

Dann Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer.

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Doug Sax

Doug Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California.

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Edward Shippen Barnes

Edward Shippen Barnes (September 14, 1887 in Seabright, New Jersey – February 14, 1958, in Idyllwild, California) was an American organist.

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Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early romantic period.

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Franklin, Tennessee

Franklin is a city in, and the county seat of, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States.

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Franz Xaver Gruber

Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863), was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to Stille Nacht (Silent Night).

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Gavyn Wright

Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born italic; 23 February 1685 (O.S.) – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.

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Gordon Kennedy (musician)

Gordon Scott Kennedy is a Nashville-based songwriter, musician, and record producer whose most successful composition is the international hit song "Change the World", recorded by Eric Clapton, for which Kennedy and his co-writers received a Grammy Award for Song of the Year (1996). Kennedy also received a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album (2007), co-producing, composing and performing on Peter Frampton's Fingerprints album. He was a member of the Christian rock band White Heart for six years in the 1980s. Kennedy has written 15 songs recorded by Garth Brooks, and has done extensive projects with Frampton and Ricky Skaggs. Kennedy's songs have been recorded by artists including Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss, Stevie Nicks, Faith Hill, and Carrie Underwood. His compositions have been heard in the film soundtracks of Tin Cup, For Love of the Game, Where the Heart Is, Almost Famous, Summer Catch, Someone Like You, The Banger Sisters, Phenomenon and Disney's The Fox and the Hound 2.

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is a Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems.

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Heaven in the Real World

Heaven in the Real World is the sixth studio album by the Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman released on July 12, 1994, by Sparrow Records.

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Henry Sloane Coffin

Henry Sloane Coffin (January 5, 1877, in New York City – November 25, 1954, in Lakeville, Connecticut) was president of the Union Theological Seminary, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, and one of the most famous ministers in the U.S. He was also one of the translators of the popular hymn O Come, O Come Emmanuel, along with John Mason Neale.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Jeff Balding

Jeff Balding is an American audio engineer, mixer and record producer.

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Jimmie Lee Sloas

Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass guitar.

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John Francis Wade

John Francis Wade (1711 – 16 August 1786) was an English hymnist who is sometimes credited with writing and composing the hymn "Adeste Fideles" (which was later translated to "O Come All Ye Faithful"), even though the actual authorship of the hymn remains uncertain.

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John Mason Neale

John Mason Neale (24 January 1818 – 6 August 1866) was an Anglican priest, scholar and hymnodist.

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Leland Sklar

Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American musician.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London.

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Max Carl

Max Carl Gronenthal (born January 29, 1950) is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter.

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Michael W. Smith

Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician, who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts.

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Mykola Leontovych

Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (Микола Дмитрович Леонтович; sometimes spelt Leontovich; January 23, 1921) was a Ukrainian composer, choral conductor, and teacher of international renown.

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Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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North Hollywood, Los Angeles

North Hollywood is a neighborhood in the east San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles.

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O Come, All Ye Faithful

"O Come, All Ye Faithful" (originally written in Latin as) is a Christmas carol that has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade (1711–1786), John Reading (1645–1692) and King John IV of Portugal (1604–1656), with the earliest manuscript of the hymn bearing his name, located in the library of the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa.

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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

"O come, O come, Emmanuel" is a Christian hymn for Advent and Christmas.

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O Holy Night

"O Holy Night" ("Minuit Chretiens!" or "Cantique de Noël") is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians) written by a wine merchant and poet, Placide Cappeau (1808–1877).

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Paul Leim

Paul William Leim is a prominent Nashville-based drummer and recording session musician.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Quad Studios Nashville

Quad Studios Nashville is a four-studio recording facility located on Music Row in Nashville, TN.

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Robbie Buchanan

Robbie Buchanan (born 1957) is a Canadian keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Roland Corporation

is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software.

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Shane Keister

Shane Keister is an American musician.

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Signs of Life (Steven Curtis Chapman album)

Signs of Life is the eighth studio album by Steven Curtis Chapman.

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Silent Night

"Silent Night" (italic) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.

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Sparrow Records

Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group.

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Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962) is an American Christian music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.

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Terry McMillan (musician)

Terry Lee McMillan (October 12, 1953 in Lexington, North Carolina – February 2, 2007) was an American country musician who played harmonica and percussion.

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Tommy Funderburk

Tommy Funderburk is an American rock singer and CEO of technology company Muzit.

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William Chatterton Dix

William Chatterton Dix (14 June 1837 – 9 September 1898) was an English writer of hymns and carols.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_of_Christmas

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