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- [1947] (Creation)
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1 score (1 p.) : copy
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File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the Canadian Christmas carol also known as "Twas in the Moon of Wintertime" and "Jesous Ahatonhia".
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- English
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Related units of description
For recordings by the Leslie Bell Singers see "Vigil of Christmas" (OTUFM 39-E-B095); "Television shows : Christmas ; SOS ; Coronation ; Circus" (OTUFM 39-E-B102); "C.G.E. radio : overseas transcriptions" (OTUFM 39-E-B106); "Leslie Bell Singers" CBC transcription disc (OTUFM 39-E-B136); and "The Leslie Bell Singers" (OTUFM 39-E-B147).
Also see Bell's arrangement of the same carol in its original Wyandot, "Jesous Ahatohnia" (OTUFM 39-A-2-434).
Publication note
Included in The Festival Song Book, Book 1 by Leslie Bell (Canadian Music Sales Corporation Limited, 1952).
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Note
Date from a review of a performance by the Bell Singers in the Toronto Daily Star (December 2, 1947). According to this review, this was the first time the carol was sung in harmony.
Note
Included in The Festival Song Book, Book 1 by Leslie Bell (Canadian Music Sales Corporation Limited, 1952) as "Jesous Ahatonhia" but with English lyrics.