This is Christmas : (a choral pageant) / music by Alfred Burt ; lyrics by Wihla Hutson and Bates G. Burt ; narration and staging by Ray Sax, Wihla Hutson, and Joyce Merman ; musical continuity by Hawley Ades.
Cast includes a Narrator: chorus of mixed voices; Pantomime parts: mother, father, daughter (12 years), two sons (8 and 5 years), and baby doll; Tableau parts: three shepherds, angel, Mary, Joseph, small group of carolers. Includes staging suggestions for the set, lighting, snowfall effect, properties, costumes and stage action for each carol. On cover: A Fred Waring presentation. Duration: approximately 23 min. For narrator, tenor, chorus (SATB) and piano or organ. On cover: A Fred Waring presentation. Duration: ca. 23 min.
Contents:
Star carol. Come, dear children -- Nigh Bethlehem -- Some children see him -- O hearken ye -- We'll dress the house -- Oh, who are these that throng the way -- Ah, bleak and chill the wintry wind -- This is Christmas -- Star carol.
Summary:
"This is Christmas was developed from ten of the Alfred Burt Carols. One of these unusual carols was composed each year by Alfred Burt, using texts by his father, Reverend Bates G. Burt and Wihla Hutson. These original carols were then sent to friends as Christmas greetings ..."--Page 2
OCLC:
(OCoLC)3773481
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
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