Christmas Songs Made in America: Favorite Holiday Melodies and the Stories of Their Origins - Hardcover

Menendez, Albert J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1581820461 ISBN 13: 9781581820461

Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Covers "Away in a Manger," "Jingle Bells," "White Christmas," and "Jingle Bell Rock"

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

From the music of "Jingle Bells" and "White Christmas" to "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "Away in the Manager" to "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" and "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth," Americans have placed their stamp on the holiday season. But where did these songs that Americans use to celebrate the season come from? How or why were these songs written? And why have they continued to define what Christmas is to so many of us? These are some of the questions Albert and Shirley Menendez tackle in this charming book about the origins of forty-five "Christmas Songs Made in America."

For decades, songwriters and lyricists have used popular, folk, rock, sacred, and country songs to clebrate the season's heartfelt cheer. Some were written for Broadway, others for Hollywood. Some entertained children, others set a romantic mood. Some grew out from the chains of slavery, others from the joyous freedom of faith. If there's a story to tell about a Christmas song, you're likely to find it here.

About the Author:

Albert J. Menendez and Shirley C. Menendez are a husband-and-wife-research and writing team who have collaborated on numerous projects. Between them they have published more than thirty volumes, including "Christmas in the White House," "The Sherlock Holmes Quiz Book," and "The December Wars." They live in Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1581820461
• ISBN 13: 9781581820461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 178