This arrangement is a combination of: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!” and “Jingle Bells.”
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!” lyrics were written by Charles Wesley in 1739. The music is by Felix Mendelssohn from the second chorus of his cantata “Festgesang” celebrating the invention of the printing press. In 1855 Dr. William Cummings put the words and music together creating the Christmas carol we know today.
“Jingle Bells” is the most recognizable of all Christmas music and is one of the top twenty-five most recorded songs in history. Composed by the son of an abolitionist minister and a runaway at the age of 14, James Pierpont reportedly wrote the song in a tavern in 1850. It was originally copyrighted with the name “One Horse Open Sleigh” in 1857.
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