Posts
Discovery Page
Find out the answer to these questions and then see how many of your family and friends know the answers. The answers are at the bottom of this page.
Find out the answer to these questions and then see how many of your family and friends know the answers. The answers are at the bottom of this page.
1. What are the names of Santa's Reindeer?
Eight of the names are taken from Clement C. Moores, "A Visit From St. Nicholas". The Ninth is taken from the song, "Rudolf, The Red Nosed Reindeer".
2. True or False. England only had 7 white Christmas' in the Twentieth Century.
3. True or False. Maoz Tzur is also known as "Rock of Ages".
4. What is Hannukkah (Chanukkah)?
The Story of "Silent Night"
On Christmas Eve in the year 1818 the song "Silent Night" was performed for the first time. The words were written by Joseph Mohr. He asked Franz Xavier Gruber to write music to go with the words. This song was first performed at St. Nikolas Church in Oberndorf, with Franz at the organ and Father Jospeh on the guitar.
Eight of the names are taken from Clement C. Moores, "A Visit From St. Nicholas". The Ninth is taken from the song, "Rudolf, The Red Nosed Reindeer".
2. True or False. England only had 7 white Christmas' in the Twentieth Century.
3. True or False. Maoz Tzur is also known as "Rock of Ages".
4. What is Hannukkah (Chanukkah)?
The Story of "Silent Night"
On Christmas Eve in the year 1818 the song "Silent Night" was performed for the first time. The words were written by Joseph Mohr. He asked Franz Xavier Gruber to write music to go with the words. This song was first performed at St. Nikolas Church in Oberndorf, with Franz at the organ and Father Jospeh on the guitar.
Each year, this beautiful Christmas song is performed in this tiny church. Thousand of people stand inside and outside St. Nikolas Church to be a part of this wonderful Christmas story.
If you have a question you would like me to answer about learning music please email me at Catherines.Music.Notes@gmail.com
Have a Musical Day!!!
Happy Holidays!!!
Catherine
Books with CDs include:
Impressions Volume One, Two, and Three
Marches
The Frog Prince
CDs include:
Wedding Bells
Lullabies
http://sites.google.com/site/musicbycatherine
www.ShoutLife.com/ClassyKeys (over 18,000 views and 4000 friends)
http://catherinesmusicnotes.blogspot.com
Answers:
1. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolf.
2. True.
3. True. Maoz Tzur is sung after the lightning of the candles. It is also known as "Rock of Ages" and was written hundreds of years ago in Europe.
4. It is an 8 day festival commemorating the victory of the Maccabees over Antiochus Epiphanes and the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem.
