All posts tagged Christmas

Christmas Church Parade – John Mackenzie-Rogan

After his retirement from an illustrious career as bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards in 1920, Lt-Col. John Mackenzie-Rogan continued his involvement in music. Though the Coldstream Guards continued to record for the Gramophone Company under its new bandmaster, Lt R.G. Evans, Mackenzie-Rogan moved over to record for Duophone, more than 30 records with “Mackenzie-Rogan’s Military […]

Bransby Williams as Scrooge (1926)

After Christmas carols earlier in the week, today it’s another Dickensian helping from Bransby Williams. His 1912 Columbia recording of his Scrooge monologues, together with a Micawber speech appeared here last year. These were replaced with later acoustic recordings in 1924, but these were swiftly rendered redundant by the advent of electrical recording. Thus in […]

Christmas Carols in German and English

For the festive season, I’ve transferred a 1950s Classics Club LP of two children’s choirs singing carols in German and English. Side 1: Children’s choir of the Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg High School, Walter Rust Franz Gruber arr Rust – Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht Handel arr Rust – Tochter Zion (Judas Maccabaeus) Trad arr Rust – In Dulci […]