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Tudor Choir: An American Christmas - Shapenote Carols from New England and Appalachia

Song Name   Composer   Arranger
Shepherd's Star   Reginald Heber / R. Herron
Shiloh   William Billings
The Cherry Tree   Jean Ritchie
Antioch   Isaac Watts
Sherburne   Nahum Tate / Daniel Read
Emanuel for Christmas   William Billings
Redemption S.M.   Isaac Watts / Jeremiah Ingalls
Anthem for Luke   Joseph Stephenson
Joys Seven
Bethlehem C.M   Nahum Tate / William Billings
Redemption L.M.   Joseph Stephenson
Boston for Christmas   Isaac Watts / William Billings
Bonnie Doon   Henry Kirke White
Star in the East   Reginald Heber
Oxford   Isaac Watts   John Massengale / Seaborn M. Denson
Judea   John Arnold / anonymous / William Billings
New Bethlehem   Nahum Tate / Edward French
London   Timothy Swan
I Saw Three Ships   Jean Ritchie
Raymond   Phillip Dodderidge   John G. McCurry
Convoy   John Bowring / William Harvey Swan Jr.
Distress   Isaac Watts
Milford   John Arnold / Joseph Stephenson

Directed by Doug Fullington

The 17 mixed voices of Seattle's Tudor Choir, founded by Doug Fullington in 1993, have a focused repertoire dedicated to historically informed concerts and recordings with an emphasis on Renaissance, early American and English choral music. While putting together 1996's 'The Shapenote Album,' the Choir came across 'An American Christmas Harp,' a shapenote collection, and were inspired to record 'An American Christmas. We won't go into defining shapenote, referring you to the 28-page liner notes, but we will say that it's intensely harmonic and spirited, and often includes fugues. 23 songs, some of which we know by other names, 'Antioch,' for instance, we know as 'Joy to the World.' Some favorites: 'Shiloh,' 'Sherburne,' 'Emanuel, For Christmas,' 'Redemption, S.M.,' 'Anthem from Luke,' 'Joys Seven,' 'Boston, For Christmas,' 'Bonnie Doon,' 'Judea,' 'London,' 'Raymond' and 'Milford.' These now obscure songs were once as familiar to rural Americans as 'White Christmas.' Shapenote is joyous, celebratory music, fun to sing and fun to hear.

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