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Table of Contents:

• Christmas intrada / Alfred Reed (3:04)
• Christmas magic / arr. Ken McCoy & Robert Lichtenberger (4:45)
• Parade of the wooden soldiers / Leon Jessel ; arr. John Morrissey (4:27)
• O holy night / Adophe Adam ; arr. Beth Hough (4:03)
• Yuletide rhapsody. We three kings / John H. Hopkins ; arr. Eric Richards (2:31)
• A day of Christmas / arr. Beth Hough (5:58)
• We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. John Iveson (0:53)
• Jingle bells / James Pierpont ; arr. Mary Paich & Jacob Gold ; adapted by Ken McCoy (1:57)
• Greensleeves / arr. Alfred Reed (4:55)
• Sleigh ride / Leroy Anderson (3:05)
• Santa Claus is coming to town / J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie ; arr. Joe Liles (1:47)
• The Christmas song / Mel Tormé & Robert Wells ; arr. Joe Liles (2:24)
• Twelve days after Christmas / Frederick Silver ; arr. Tom Forson (3:04)
• Ave Maria / J.S. Bach & Charles Gounod ; trans. Susan Schultz
• I'll be home for Christmas / Walter Kent, Kim Gannon & Buck Ram ; arr. Keith Laurent (3:57)
• Little drummer boy / Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone (2:29)
• Silent night / Franz Gruber & Joseph Mohr (2:01)
• Christmas celebration / arr. Eric Richards (5:43)
• Let there be peace on earth / Sy Miller & Jill Jackson ; arr. Beth Hough (2:18).

Author/Creator:

U.S. Army Field Band

Contributors:

Grogan, Jack H.

Jessel, Léon

Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856

Pierpont, James, 1822-1893

Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975

Coots, J. Fred, 1897-1985

Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999

Silver, Frederick

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

Kent, Walter, 1911-1994

Davis, Katherine, 1892-1980

Gruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863

Miller, Sy

Reed, Alfred

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Sung in English.

Main Work:

Let there be peace on earth [U.S. Army Field Band]

Included Works:

Parade der Zinnsoldaten [by Jessel, L.] (arranged)

Cantique de Noël [by Adam, A.] (arranged)

Jingle bells [by Pierpont, J.] (arranged)

Sleigh ride [by Anderson, L.]

Santa Claus is comin' to town [by Coots, J.F.] (arranged)

Christmas song [by Tormé, M.] (arranged)

Twelve days after Christmas [by Silver, F.] (arranged)

Ave Maria (Instrumental version) [by Gounod, C.] (arranged)

I'll be home for Christmas [by Kent, W.] (arranged)

Little drummer boy [by Davis, K.] (arranged)

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht [by Gruber, F.X.] (English; arranged)

Let there be peace on earth [by Miller, S.] (arranged)

Christmas intrada [by Reed, A.]

Alternate Titles:

Cover title: Holiday greetings from the United States army field band

Subjects:

Christmas music

Carols — Instrumental settings

Band music

Band music, Arranged

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices)

Brass quintets (Horn, trombone, trumpets (2), tuba), Arranged

Barbershop quartets

Flute and harp music, Arranged

Carols

Genres:

Instrumental settings

Carols

Performers:

The United States Army Field Band and component ensembles (Soldiers' Chorus, brass quintet, barbershop quartet) ; various instrumental soloists and vocalists ; Colonel Jack H. Grogan, commander and conductor.

General Notes:

For band (some works with soloists and vocalists), chorus, brass quintet, barbershop quartet, and flute and harp duo.
Recorded at Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Baltimore, Md. and Devers Hall, Fort Meade, Md.
Analog recording.
"This recording is approved by the Department of the Army and is not for resale"--Insert.
Program notes ([3] p.) in container.
From the collection of Leon Breeden.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 137,392

OCLC Numbers:

32384725