Yuletide Blessings - for Harp

 

This is the first-ever holiday carol composed by me! Instead of singing it (lol), I have arranged it for harp. Hope you enjoy it (about 2 minutes long).

Pictures in Video -

1 - Postcard by Ellen H. Clapsaddle, New York, 1907
2 - Bringing Home the Yule Log, greeting card, London, circa 1900
3 - Bringing Home the Yule Log in Catland, book illustration by Louis Wain, London, 1910
4 - Bringing in the Yule Log, book illustration, London, 1856
5 - Yule Logs, book cover, George Alfred Henley, London, 1898
6 - Inglenook, textbook illustration, Foresman, Chicago
7 - A Stitch in Time, Victorian trade card
8 - Time for Porridge, watercolor card by Jenny Nystrom, Sweden, pre-1947
9 - Around the Yule Log, book cover, William Boyd Allen, Boston, 1898
10 - The Circle of Love, book illustration by Eliza F. Manning, London, 1894
11 - With Kind Regards, greeting card, Germany, 1915
12 - The Great Bell, book illustration by Sarah Hutchins, Philadelphia, 1890
13 - Christmas bell, magazine illustration, Germany, 1892
14 - May Your Christmas Be Happy, postcard, US, 1910

Silent Night - for Ukulele & Harp

 

Here's another carol arranged collaboratively by my ukulele-friend, Mary, and me. It's a tinkly-pretty uke & harp version of Silent Night, and it runs just over 2 minutes.

Pictures in Video -

1 - Christmas postcard, Italy, 1940
2 - Merry Christmas, postcard, Germany, 1902
3 - Nativity postcard, Norway, 1912
4 - Merry Christmas, postcard, Germany, 1908
5 - A Warm Christmas Greeting, postcard, Germany, 1917
6 - Merry Christmas, postcard, Germany, 1904
7 - Winter, postcard by Gino Salviatti, Italy, 1948
8 - Christmas postcard, Norway, 1909
9 - The Head of the Herd, postcard by Harry Payne, 1909
10 - Christmas Wishes, postcard, circa 1905
11 - A Merry Christmas, postcard, Russia, circa 1908
12 - Merry Christmas, postcard, Germany, 1913
13 - Merry Christmas, postcard, Norway, 1892
14 - Wishing You a Joyful Christmas, postcard, circa 1905
15 - Merry Christmas, postcard, Germany, 1909
16 - Best Christmas Wishes, Christmas card, North Carolina, date unkn.
17 - Merry Christmas, Christmas card by Jenny Nystrom, Norway, circa 1910
18 - Merry Christmas, postcard, Italy, 1940

What Child Is This - for Ukulele & Harp

 

This year, my ukulele-playing friend, Mary, and I have been arranging Christmas music for baritone uke and harp.  Our first was What Child Is This, to the tune of Greensleeves, and it has a great, lutey, stringy sound.  It runs about 2 minutes.

Pictures in Video -

1 - Virgin Mary of Hoshiv, copy of icon, Ukraine
2 - Adoration of the Shepherds, a 1905 copy of an anonymous 15th century painting, Siena, Italy, circa 1450
3 - The Star of Bethlehem, watercolor by Edward Burne Jones, England, circa 1885
4 - Nativity, fresco by Sandro Botticelli, Italy, circa 1476
5 - Adoration of the Christ Child by the Shepherds, engraving by Johannes Bourgois, Belgium, circa 1600
6 - Illumination from the Trivulzio Book of Hours, Belgium, circa 1470
7 - Adoration of the Shepherds, painting by Gerard van Honthorst, Netherlands, circa 1622
8 - Adoration of the Shepherds, painting by Josefa de Obidos, Portugal, 1669
9 - Black Madonna of Czestochowa, tapestry in Phillipines church
10 - Mystical Nativity, painting by Sandro Botticelli, Italy, 1500
11 - Scene from the Life of Jesus, fresco by Johannes Zick, Germany, 1746
12 - The Virgin with Angels, painting by William Adolph Bourguereau, France, 1900
13 - St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi in Adoration, painting by Josefa de Obidos, Portugal, 1647