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THANK YOU Marilyn for the information about the Reader's Digest book! I checked with our local public library, and they have a copy of it. It is currently signed out, but should be back in the library after the holidays. Hopefully those pages will still be intact (crosses fingers)!thestitch said:An update for Murray and Chris: the music was published in the "Reader's Digest Merry Christmas Songbook". I DID find it! Interestingly, someone has it up on E-Bay:
The arrangement is what I would call very "simplistic". The basic notes are there with lyrics and chord symbols. If you're better than me on the keyboard, you could "embellish" it. It's probably out of print by now (copyright, 1981).
I knew I had the music somewhere, altho' not the original sheet music version.
Issue Date: 2008-12-27
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Issue Date: 2009-01-03
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thestitch said:For me, it's always been Sleep Well Little Children. This is not your usual Christmas song. For years after the album release, I tried so hard to find the music for piano. FINALLY, the book for the whole album was published a few years ago. There is something so very touching about this song. Perhaps, it's because Karen so loved kids and never had the opportunity to have some of her own. Every time I hear it, it touches my soul somehow.
Marilyn
Issue Date: 2009-01-10
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Another deja vu?newvillefan said:What about this quote from Richard?
Ave Maria was arranged from the start for chorus, as well as orchestra. With so much music, not to mention people, around the studio while the album was being made, the choral parts were misplaced, only to be discovered after the album was “in the can”. The multi-track was retrieved, and the chorus recorded, in 1984, during the “An Old Fashioned Christmas” sessions. The song was later remixed (and an editing error in the lead vocal fixed) in 1990.
What does Richard mean by this? I have never had the chance to compare the original West German Ave Maria with the remix, so I'm not sure what 'error' he's referring to?
Chris May said:You know, I have got to say that as incredible as the album is, front to back, my favorite track from the time I was a kid is "The First Snowfall", as I love the key change/modulation hook, after the rhythm section kicks in at the lyric "Folks put runners on their surreys, and forget about their worries...". That part always created the greatest reaction in me...great production!