Frohe Weihnachten - Merry Christmas

 

  

Mit diesem Lied wünsche ich allen Leser:innen 

schöne besinnliche Weihnachten

Merry Christmas  to all my visitors

 

 Something else interesting: The song "Carol of the bells" 

is originally an Ukrainian song

 

“Shchedryk” was arranged by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych at the beginning of the 20th century. The song is based on the traditional Ukrainian folk chant welcoming the New Year (“shchedrivka”). In 1921, the Ukrainian National Chorus sung the song in the United States to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall. Later, Peter J. Wilhousky rearranged the melody for orchestra and wrote the new lyrics in English thus creating “Carol of the Bells”. The original “Shchedryk” by Leontovych was intended to be sung a cappella by mixed four-voice choir.