God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Piano Improvisation - Christmas Carol-Song 2010

This is an improvisation of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - one of the most serene and beautiful of all the traditional christmas carols.
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'God rest ye (you) merry, gentlemen' is a traditional Christmas carol. The melody is in a minor key and is in common time or cut time. The composer is unknown; it is often attributed as English traditional.
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History

"Like so many early Christmas songs, this carol was written as a direct reaction to the music of the fifteenth century church," writes Ace Collins, in Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas. It was the most popular of the early carols, sung for centuries before being published in Britain in 1833, when it appeared in Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern, a collection of seasonal carols gathered by William B. Sandys, though its incipit was in William Hone's "List of Christmas carols now annually printed" in Ancient Mysteries Described, 1823. The author is unknown.

It is referred to in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, 1843: "...at the first sound of — "God bless you merry, gentlemen! May nothing you dismay!"— Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action, that the singer fled in terror, leaving the keyhole to the fog and even more congenial frost."

This carol also features in the second movement of the Carol Symphony by Victor Hely-Hutchinson.

2 verses from Carols for Choirs, OUP, (1961):

God rest1 you2 merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born upon this day,
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray:

O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

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[ghannis]

sounds nice but there something on the background disturbing:(

but this is awsome =D

[joolsscott]

I know... It's a bit disturbing. Glad u like it :) I've recorded this song recently for my new Christmas album which is out now! You can listen to it on my website - Im sure you'll LOVE it!!

[xcrypta]

wonderful Improvisation and wonderful softness you bring a tenderness to the song ~ god bless

[joolsscott]

thank u!

[SantasElf123]

this is amazing.

[ghannis]

listened the previews :) And this songs preview is like only an intro :( And ehm carol of the bells is really nice =D I dont know much of the songs, but didnt feel the cozy christmas feeling yet xD So decided to listen some carols. Thanks for your music, and good luck selling :)

little early but, merry christmas =D

[Snoozey123]

hmm... you must play at a diner or something cause i hear a lot of commotion in the background kinda like plates clanking.....by the way nice job! your really good at piano! Some day i hope to be as good as you! :)

[goldcityfan]

You are very good at playing that paino. I really enjoyed the start of this peice, when you just kinda played the song soft and pretty. But you are way better than me at playing. Keep up the good work. God bless