The History of Silent Night | Andrew Gant
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2018 · Education
On the 200-year anniversary of ‘Silent Night’, Dr Andrew Gant shares the story of this world-famous Christmas song. The video is set to Sarah Quartel’s beautiful new arrangement for soprano duet and SATB, available from all good music shops worldwide and from the OUP website: https://tinyurl.com/quartelsilentnight Andrew Gant is a composer, singer, choirmaster, church musician, university lecturer and writer. He has directed many leading choirs including The Guards' Chapel, Worcester College Oxford, and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, where he was organist, choirmaster and composer from 2000 to 2013. He currently lectures in Music at St Peter's College in Oxford. © Oxford University Press
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