Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. A classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous gifts given to the speaker by their "true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day).
Gaudete by Collegium Vocale Bydgoszcz The first page of the original version. Gaudete (English: / ɡ ɔː ˈ d iː t iː / gaw-DEE-tee or English: / ɡ aʊ ˈ d eɪ t eɪ / gow-DAY-tay, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ɡau̯ˈdete]; "rejoice []" in Latin) [a] is a sacred Christmas carol, thought to have been composed in the 16th century.
A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas and holiday season. The term noel has sometimes been used, especially for carols of French origin. [1] Christmas carols may be regarded as a subset of the broader category of Christmas music.
We hate to break it to you, but giving someone every gift mentioned in the song would cost you a small fortune — around $41,205.58, according to the current Christmas price index.
Certain songs like "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" have roots in medieval France, and "O Come Ye All Faithful" is thought to be a coded rallying cry from the 1700s Jacobite rebellion.
So, if we were to add it all together given the 2023 market, all of the items in the "12 Days of Christmas" would amount to a staggering $201,972.66! How's that for Christmas trivia ?! You Might ...
Daniel R. Melamed described the song as "redoubtable", and mentions it as a contender for the best known piece of Renaissance music. [5] The apparently nonsense syllables ríu ríu chíu are often taken to represent the song of a nightingale, [6] while the context and etymology are compatible with the call of a kingfisher. [7]
Christmas Carols New and Old ed. H. R. Bramley and John Stainer (1871) The Cowley Carol Book ed. George Ratcliffe Woodward (1901–19) The New Oxford Book of Carols ed. Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott (1992) The Oxford Book of Carols ed. Percy Dearmer, Martin Shaw and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1928) The Penguin Book of Carols ed. Ian Bradley (1999)