The Story Of Carols Podcast

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Christmas Carols, bring warmth, happiness to the season. But, do you know how most of them came into being? Well that’s what The Story of Carols will help you discover, and as we learned researching these tunes, the story is rarely what you’ll expect.

  1. The Story Of Carols | White Christmas

    12/05/2021

    The Story Of Carols | White Christmas

    On the morning of January 8th, 1940 Irving Berlin, turned up at his Broadway publishing office. Without missing a beat he announced he’d written a song over the weekend. “Not only is it the best song I ever wrote,” he told Kresa. “It’s the best song anybody ever wrote.” 👍 If you enjoyed this episode check out the film versions of all our episodes at: The Story Of Carols   Listen to The Story Of Carols Playlist on Spotify From classical to classics, perennials to pop tunes, you get more than a hundred of the best Holiday tunes, and their most interesting recordings. Oh! It also includes the music from The Story Of Carols! Happy Holidays! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tSMBpNpX9bnpQBWtoLK15?si=d43ebb02bda64d4b Or Check Out the Jim Holthouser Holiday Playlist Listen to piano versions of all of Jim’s Holiday Songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QW6El8om0CMH1SU8ZHlQz?si=fa49d81d81cd4ccf        ----more---- Check Out Some of Our Favorite Versions of White Christmas The Original Bing Crosby - https://open.spotify.com/track/3XsaSIPWvM61RIFfeb0BBR?si=df6b72a6056847b7 The Drifters - https://open.spotify.com/track/72Z28IsvEVLjSWdUKEQgZ0?si=7e120380cbca4d26 Frank SInatra - https://open.spotify.com/track/14QJl6TD0xnKl26NkTVez2?si=918473a259d64abc    Follow Jim Holthouser on Spotify   To support AEWorks visit us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/americanentertainmentworks Or donate directly at https://www.aeworks.org Just click DONATE on the home page.   😎 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: https://twitter.com/aeworksinc FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AEWorksInc INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aeworksinc/   #TheStoryOfCarols #Jim Holthouser

    7 min
  2. The Story Of Carols | The Nutcracker

    12/05/2021

    The Story Of Carols | The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker is the Olympics of ballet. Even people who actively dislike sport - watch the Olympics, and are be moved by the pageantry, dedication and physical skill. For the participants, it’s the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Exactly the same can be said for The Nutcracker. But no one expected a children’s fairy tale to become the worlds best known ballet. 👍 If you enjoyed this episode check out the film versions of all our episodes at: The Story Of Carols   Listen to The Story Of Carols Playlist on Spotify From classical to classics, perennials to pop tunes, you get more than a hundred of the best Holiday tunes, and their most interesting recordings. Oh! It also includes the music from The Story Of Carols! Happy Holidays! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tSMBpNpX9bnpQBWtoLK15?si=d43ebb02bda64d4b Or Check Out the Jim Holthouser Holiday Playlist Listen to piano versions of all of Jim’s Holiday Songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QW6El8om0CMH1SU8ZHlQz?si=fa49d81d81cd4ccf        ----more---- Check Out The Complete Nutcracker Suite https://open.spotify.com/album/54Awn36ryf55PkZyOR4iwQ?si=d6a_RMZcQIWHJUdhYfZsEw&dl_branch=1    Follow Jim Holthouser on Spotify   To support AEWorks visit us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/americanentertainmentworks Or donate directly at https://www.aeworks.org Just click DONATE on the home page.   😎 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: https://twitter.com/aeworksinc FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AEWorksInc INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aeworksinc/   #TheStoryOfCarols #Jim Holthouser

    6 min
  3. The Story Of Carols | Good King Wenceslaus

    12/05/2021

    The Story Of Carols | Good King Wenceslaus

    We tend to think of “Good King Wenceslaus” as an Old English carol. But Wenceslaus, is an historic figure from first millennium Bohemia... what is now the Czech Republic. And he wasn’t a king - he was a Duke. His story though, has all the palace intrigue of a Shakespeare tragedy. 👍 If you enjoyed this episode check out the film versions of all our episodes at: The Story Of Carols Listen to The Story Of Carols Playlist on Spotify From classical to classics, perennials to pop tunes, you get more than a hundred of the best Holiday tunes, and their most interesting recordings. Oh! It also includes the music from The Story Of Carols! Happy Holidays! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tSMBpNpX9bnpQBWtoLK15?si=d43ebb02bda64d4b Or Check Out the Jim Holthouser Holiday Playlist Listen to piano versions of all of Jim’s Holiday Songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QW6El8om0CMH1SU8ZHlQz?si=fa49d81d81cd4ccf        ----more---- Check Out Some Of Our Favorite Versions of Good King Wenceslaus Oxford Trinity Choir -  https://open.spotify.com/track/7bVCSdxKp3KXF2JKYvyxyu?si=33db5b03d52c47a9  Follow Jim Holthouser on Spotify   To support AEWorks visit us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/americanentertainmentworks Or donate directly at https://www.aeworks.org Just click DONATE on the home page.   😎 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: https://twitter.com/aeworksinc FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AEWorksInc INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aeworksinc/   #TheStoryOfCarols #Jim Holthouser

    5 min
  4. The Story Of Carols | Carol Of The Bells

    12/05/2021

    The Story Of Carols | Carol Of The Bells

    The main motif of Carol of The Bells is only four notes, but Mykola Leontovych managed to get far more out of them than the sum of their parts. Considering the strife going on all around him, it’s amazing that he was able to write music at all. 👍 If you enjoyed this episode check out the film versions of all our episodes at: The Story Of Carols Listen to The Story Of Carols Playlist on Spotify From classical to classics, perennials to pop tunes, you get more than a hundred of the best Holiday tunes, and their most interesting recordings. Oh! It also includes the music from The Story Of Carols! Happy Holidays! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tSMBpNpX9bnpQBWtoLK15?si=d43ebb02bda64d4b Or Check Out the Jim Holthouser Holiday Playlist Listen to piano versions of all of Jim’s Holiday Songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QW6El8om0CMH1SU8ZHlQz?si=fa49d81d81cd4ccf        ----more---- Check Out Some Of Our Favorite Versions of Carol Of The Bells John Willlams Arrangement - https://open.spotify.com/track/4tHqQMWSqmL6YjXwsqthDI?si=b71b07e5cafb463a  The Pentatonix - https://open.spotify.com/track/4cJhiux4xzrdgSHUeAjP48?si=b02012bf5fd248a4  Follow Jim Holthouser on Spotify   To support AEWorks visit us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/americanentertainmentworks Or donate directly at https://www.aeworks.org Just click DONATE on the home page.   😎 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: https://twitter.com/aeworksinc FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AEWorksInc INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aeworksinc/   #TheStoryOfCarols #Jim Holthouser

    5 min

  5. 12/01/2021

    The Story Of Carols | The Christmas Song

    1945 was one of the hottest on summers on record. And that’s when the power of positive thinking produced one of the best loved Christmas songs of all time. 👍 If you enjoyed this episode check out the film versions of all our episodes at: The Story Of Carols Listen to The Story Of Carols Playlist on Spotify From classical to classics, perennials to pop tunes, you get more than a hundred of the best Holiday tunes, and their most interesting recordings. Oh! It also includes the music from The Story Of Carols! Happy Holidays! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tSMBpNpX9bnpQBWtoLK15?si=d43ebb02bda64d4b Or Check Out the Jim Holthouser Holiday Playlist Listen to piano versions of all of Jim’s Holiday Songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QW6El8om0CMH1SU8ZHlQz?si=fa49d81d81cd4ccf        ----more---- Check Out Some Of Our Favorite Versions of The Christmas Song The original Nat King Cole Version - https://open.spotify.com/track/4PS1e8f2LvuTFgUs1Cn3ON?si=972ac16641384797   Mel Torme - https://open.spotify.com/track/7o6agk7Uy395tk8ZYM5MEi?si=6d4d860569dd4508  MIchael Buble' - https://open.spotify.com/track/4SWAozNLRfZXF25ghKqm2q?si=c46b010b4eae429b    Follow Jim Holthouser on Spotify   To support AEWorks visit us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/americanentertainmentworks Or donate directly at https://www.aeworks.org Just click DONATE on the home page.   😎 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: https://twitter.com/aeworksinc FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AEWorksInc INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aeworksinc/   #TheStoryOfCarols #Jim Holthouser

    4 min

  6. 11/24/2021

    The Story Of Carols | Snow Flakes

    George Gershwin never officially wrote a Christmas tune. But one of his little known, show tunes, “Snow Flakes,” is beginning to turn up as a carol in waiting. 👍 If you enjoyed this episode check out the film versions of all our episodes at: The Story Of Carols Listen to The Story Of Carols Playlist on Spotify From classical to classics, perennials to pop tunes, you get more than a hundred of the best Holiday tunes, and their most interesting recordings. Oh! It also includes the music from The Story Of Carols! Happy Holidays! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tSMBpNpX9bnpQBWtoLK15?si=d43ebb02bda64d4b Or Check Out the Jim Holthouser Holiday Playlist Listen to piano versions of all of Jim’s Holiday Songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QW6El8om0CMH1SU8ZHlQz?si=fa49d81d81cd4ccf            ----more---- Check Out Some Of Our Favorite Versions of Snow Flakes   Follow Jim Holthouser on Spotify   To support AEWorks visit us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/americanentertainmentworks Or donate directly at https://www.aeworks.org Just click DONATE on the home page.   😎 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: https://twitter.com/aeworksinc FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AEWorksInc INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aeworksinc/   #TheStoryOfCarols #Jim Holthouser

    5 min
  7. The Story Of Carols | Here We Come A Wassailing

    11/17/2021

    The Story Of Carols | Here We Come A Wassailing

    We’ve all heard of having a cup of wassail at Christmas time. We’ve even heard of wassailing as an event, - a celebration of merriment, as in “here we come a wassailing.” But did you know we still go a wassailing today? 👍 If you enjoyed this episode check out the film versions of all our episodes at: The Story Of Carols   Listen to The Story Of Carols Playlist on Spotify From classical to classics, perennials to pop tunes, you get more than a hundred of the best Holiday tunes, and their most interesting recordings. Oh! It also includes the music from The Story Of Carols! Happy Holidays! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tSMBpNpX9bnpQBWtoLK15?si=d43ebb02bda64d4b Or Check Out the Jim Holthouser Holiday Playlist Listen to piano versions of all of Jim’s Holiday Songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QW6El8om0CMH1SU8ZHlQz?si=fa49d81d81cd4ccf        ----more---- Check Out Some Of Our Favorite Versions of Here We Come A Wassailing Perry Como - https://open.spotify.com/track/4LUAIXN6bpnEVaJZOLfuDt?si=047aef3c377a4c7a  London Philharmonic - https://open.spotify.com/track/0k3pWTfIQVnSDPPt1nblQP?si=3ffcdce8e6d643f9    Follow Jim Holthouser on Spotify   To support AEWorks visit us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/americanentertainmentworks Or donate directly at https://www.aeworks.org Just click DONATE on the home page.   😎 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: https://twitter.com/aeworksinc FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AEWorksInc INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aeworksinc/   #TheStoryOfCarols #Jim Holthouser

    5 min
  8. The Story Of Carols - A Civil War Christmas

    12/21/2020

    The Story Of Carols - A Civil War Christmas

    The Story Of Carols - A Civil War Christmas It’s ironic that an act as divisive as the Civil War, would unify the way Americans celebrate Christmas. But, the holiday we know today largely came into existence in and around the war. 👍 If you enjoyed this episode check out the film version at: The Story Of Carols ----more---- Check Out Some of Our Favorite Civil War Era Christmas Tunes Up On The House Top - The Pentatonix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9eU4qOyHY Jingle Bells - Michael Buble - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx-DvH41Tjo Silent Night - Bing Crosby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GUnfLPpjLs   Follow Jim Holthouser on Spotify   To support AEWorks visit us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/americanentertainmentworks Or donate directly at https://www.aeworks.org Just click DONATE on the home page.   😎 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: https://twitter.com/aeworksinc FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AEWorksInc INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aeworksinc/   For a transcript of this, and episode, sources, and related images visit https://www.aeworks.org/carols   #TheStoryOfCarols #Jim Holthouser

    5 min
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Christmas Carols, bring warmth, happiness to the season. But, do you know how most of them came into being? Well that’s what The Story of Carols will help you discover, and as we learned researching these tunes, the story is rarely what you’ll expect.

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  • Creator
    American Entertainment Works
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
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