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But, the songs more sad sentiment came from the death of his son, who died on Christmas day in 1928 at only three weeks old. Berlin thought some of the other songs in the show had a better chance at becoming a hit. When Irving Berlin wrote White Christmas in 1940 for a musical revue, Holiday Inn, it was a sentimental, sad song. Yes, Tin Pan Alley composers wrote many Christmas related songs, but none to my knowledge became big hits. This is interesting as this skips over the largest effort at songwriting in history, Tin Pan Alley, which ran from the late 1890s to around 1920.
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The final development really didn’t happen until 1942, a full half century after the last big Christmas hit, “Away in a Manger” in 1887.
The third development was the success of the song “White Christmas,” written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, which led to many more Christmas songs in our repertoire. The first development towards a more secular music was the early carols, and the second development was the explosion of Christmas sentiment during the Victorian era which led to many Christmas songs being published. In Christmas music we see three major developments over time. Later there were more classical musical settings for Gloria, such as Vivaldi’s, or even Handel’s Messiah, although originally written for Easter. Chants or Litanies associated with the mass or service would be the core music. Prior to 1300 nearly all of the songs or music associated with Christmas would be sacred.
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By the late 1800s businesses would shut down over Christmas, decorated Christmas trees were the norm, Macy's Christmas windows were the main attraction in New York, and the exchange of gifts marked the occasion. But it was during the Victorian age that the commercial side of Christmas was invented. Religion and its sacred traditions of the birth of Jesus continued as they do today. The Victorians really gave us the Christmas we celebrate today, thanks to writers like Charles Dickens and Washington Irving, as well as Queen Victoria and her German born husband, Albert. Various political and religious conflicts downplayed the holiday’s celebration in England, although its importance remained strong in Germany. Christmas was viewed as an English custom after the American Revolution, and its celebration fell out of favor in the new nation. Also stop by to check out a selection of New Year’s carols.It’s hard to imagine, but at the beginning of the nineteenth century Christmas was hardly on the map. These books will be on display in the glass table on the ground floor of the OISE Library through the end December. Textbooks such as We Celebrate Christmas(1985) and We Celebrate Hanukkah(1986) were added to the primary social studies curriculum and included games, crafts, and songs celebrating their respective holidays. By the late 1980s and 1990s, holiday activities were officially an established part of the school curriculum. A French textbook Musicabec pour le temps des Fêtes (1984) was added to junior and intermediate music curriculum and featured many original French carols such as “La cloche de Noël” , “La guignolée”, and “D’où viens-tu bergère”. A joint textbook published between the Montreal and London school boards called Music 7 (1967) included multiple Hanukkah songs such as “O Hanukkah” shown on the left. Towards the late 1960s, Ontario music textbooks began to include a wider selection of holiday carols. “O Hanukkah” from Music 7 (1967) is among the earliest Hanukkah songs found in the OHEC textbook collections. A copy of a Hamilton Normal School (teacher’s college) 1944 yearbook reported hosting a holiday celebration in which elementary students sang Christmas carols and played instruments.
By the mid 1940s, Christmas concerts were included in schools as part of the holiday festivities. Pieces ranged from classical – Brahms “A Christmas Carol” – to traditional – “Here we Come a Wassailing” and “O Evergreen” – to new Canadian songs such as Rose Fyleman and Clifford Higgins’ “Winnipeg at Christmas”. These textbooks introduced students to both old and new Christmas music.
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In the 1930s and 1940s, Ontario experienced a province-wide push from education reformers to incorporate more music into the school curriculum. Ontario universities such as Queen’s University and Western University added Music Teacher’s College programs to train musicians to teach in elementary and secondary schools, while songbooks such as the Canadian Singer series (1940s) and The New High Road of Songs series (1950s) emerged as textbooks for new music classes. Lyrics added to Brahms “A Christmas Carol” published in The New Road of Song 6 (195?)
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