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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

History of Christmas Music

by Bill Petro on December 11, 2007 · 0 comments

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HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Music early became a marked feature of the Christmas season. But the first chants, litanies, and hymns were in Latin and too theological for popular use. The 13th century found the rise of the carol written in the vernacular under the influence of Francis of Assisi. The word carol comes from the [...]

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