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Monday, December 21, 2009

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Tune and Lyrics Traditional; Performance, Not So Much

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (traditional Christmas song) - Mike Masse and Wendy Jernigan"

mikemassedotcom, YouTube (December 6, 2009)
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"Merry Christmas! This song was performed and arranged by Mike Massé and Wendy Jernigan in December, 2001. Scott Slusher provided additional percussion arranging. Video assembled/edited by Mike Massé on 12/05/09."

Traditional this song is - in terms of lyrics and tune.

However, I could not recommend this video to anyone who believes that no proper Christmas music uses technology invented after 1955, or is even remotely uptempo.

As for the rest of us, I think this is a fine bit of seasonal music. The video part of this recording is series of zoomed stills, including some of the top-rate art involving Christian themes of the last several centuries - in my opinion.

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