{"id":2602,"date":"2013-12-22T11:25:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T16:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlydias.org\/blog\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:54:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:54:18","slug":"christmas-and-epiphany-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/christmas-and-epiphany-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas and Epiphany Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia\u2019s.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Song Leaders and all who sing, here is the music we’ll be singing at St. Lydia’s during the seasons of Christmas and Epiphany, that is, December 29 and 30, 2013, and January 5 and 6, 2014!<\/p>\n

Opening Hymn<\/span><\/p>\n

We’ll be singing the lovely Christmas hymn “What Child is This.” \u00a0We don’t have a recording of this yet, but you can hear the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, rock it, British style, here<\/a>, and see the sheet music here<\/a>.\u00a0 Our version will be slightly more haunting, sung over the shruti box set to silver.<\/p>\n

Lamp Lighting Hymn<\/span><\/p>\n

For our Lamp Lighting Hymn, we’re dusting off an old favorite, “The Light of Christ Has Come Into The World<\/a>” by Donald Fishel. \u00a0It’s a sweet piece with two parts, one to teach to the congregation, and then one you can sing yourself over the top. \u00a0We’ll set the shruti box on silver for this one.<\/p>\n

Table Acclamation<\/span><\/p>\n

We’ll continue using the celebratory Advent_Christmas Table Acclamation<\/a> Rachel wrote for Advent and Christmas, with the little dinging bell and the steps that take us in a simple step around the table.<\/p>\n

The dance steps are simple: \u00a0Step with the right foot, left behind, step with the right foot, and left foot back. \u00a0We’ll move together in a counterclockwise motion.<\/p>\n

Prayer Song<\/span><\/p>\n

We’ll sing a piece we learned in Advent, “Day of Light, Day of Birth,”<\/a> by Anne Krentz Organ\u00a0for the Prayer Song. \u00a0Since we’ll be sitting at the table, you can simply teach the melody (part 1) to the group, then come in yourself with part 2.<\/p>\n

Final Hymn<\/span><\/p>\n

On December 29 and 30, we’ll sing “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.” \u00a0Once again, no recording for this one, but you can listen here to a lovely organ version<\/a>. \u00a0Also, please note that there are two possible tunes that can be used for this hymn, and we’re using, well, the one that I linked to. \u00a0The sheet music may be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On January 5 and 6, we’ll sing “Songs of Thankfulness and Praise<\/a>!” \u00a0Sheet music is here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Finally, if you’d like to take a look at the script, you can find it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia\u2019s.\u00a0 Song Leaders and all who sing, here is the music we’ll be singing at St. Lydia’s during the seasons of Christmas and Epiphany, that is, December 29 and 30, 2013, and January 5 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43],"tags":[72,73],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4050,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions\/4050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}