ExclusiveRondeau: Deck the Halls (brass arrangement)

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Michel Rondeau: Deck the Halls (brass arrangement). This beautiful piece was played by Michel Rondeau. It has Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0 Attribution 3.0 Unported) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

Deck the Halls is a traditional Christmas carol based on a Welsh melody that dates back to the 16th century. Originally part of a Christmas carol called Nos Galan, the current English lyrics date from 1862 and are the work of Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, although 'fa la la la' is part of the original song and probably comes from the medieval ballad tradition. This version by Michel Rondeaeu uses all the melodic ideas of the traditional version as material for a fugal treatment of the main melody.

The lyrics would be:

Deck the halls with boughs of holly.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Tis the season to be jolly.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Don we now our gay apparel.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Troll the ancient Yule tide carol.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
See the blazing Yule before us.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Strike the harp and join the chorus.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Follow me in merry measure.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
While I tell of Yule tide treasure.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Fast away the old year passes.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Sing we joyous, all together.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Heedless of the wind and weather.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!

The video was shot in Switzerland by Simone Schlegel and edited by Wenjing Ma.




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