When we speak of songs called carols, we all think they have something to do with the Christmas story or winter holiday season. “Carol” actually comes from the Old French […]
Comments Off on Solstice and the Carols Continue Reading...All the Carols we know and love to sing during the Christmas season had to start somewhere! This program explores the often convoluted, always fascinating genesis of the words and […]
Comments Off on Stories of the Carols at New Perspectives of Faribault Continue Reading...It wasn’t originally! It came about because a young Englishman named Isaac Watts (1674-1748) was bored in church. He told his father he thought the poetry used in hymns was […]
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