Get yourself a cup of eggnog, sit down in front of a warm fire (chestnut roasting is optional), and let Publishing Glad Tidings: Essays on Christmas Music thrill and inspire you as you learn about those who have dedicated their lives to preserving, collecting, and creating the traditional art form of the Christmas carol. This enlightening volume's personal and historical perspective will help you see why Christmas carols continue to fill our lives with simple, lasting joy and why they endure as cultural, religious, and artistic gifts to humanity. Publishing Glad Tidings will help you see how major, but once nearly forgotten, Christmas carols have stayed with us throughout the years. You'll get detailed information as to how these carols were written, compiled, collected, and ultimately wrapped up in eye- and ear-catching packages for us to enjoy every year when December rolls around. Inside this joyously decorated book, you'll find information about: carol pioneers Theodoric Petri, Davies Gilbert, and William Sandys carol historians Edmondstoune Duncan, Charles L. Hutchins, and Edward Bliss Reed carol compiling, collecting, translating, and editing how relative obscurity has made some carols classics So come all ye faithful who are interested in keeping this grand old tradition alive. Publishing Glad Tidings is just the invitation you need to come in from the cold and wassail your way through an intriguing, heartfelt part of yuletide history. If you're a church musician, musical historian, pastor, or just a general reader interested in Christmas and music, you'll find everything you need to know about the carol's history and future right here.

An extraordinary 3-in-1 collection with hardback book about fascinating stories behind Christmas carols or music composed for the amusement of children. Comes with CD in its own jewel case and bonus softback Songbook with carol music scores. Includes exquisite collection of 58 images, many full-page color plates, including magnificent works by Guido Reni, Georges de La Tour, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Edward Burne-Jones; brilliant miniature illuminations from several Book of Hours; and nostalgic illustrations from notables as William Blake, Jesse Wilcox Smith, and Ezra Jack Keats. Classical works performed by world renowned choirs and orchestras include "Ceremony of Carols" by Benjamin Britten, "Evening Prayer" from Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hansel and Gretel," and four pieces from "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky.