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The First Noel / Good King Wenceslas

from Christmas Eve is Here by Robin Bullock

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“The First Noël” first appeared in print at the same time as “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day”: in William Sandys’s 1833 collection Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern. (1833 was also the year the Martin Guitar company was founded…it was a good year for traditional music!) The lyrics to “Good King Wenceslas” were written by John Mason Neale in 1853, celebrating the patron saint of the Czech Republic, King Wenceslas of Bohemia (c.907-929). The tune, on the other hand, can be traced back to the 13th century as a spring carol entitled “Tempus Adest Floridum” or “Spring Has Unwrapped the Flowers,” and is also played in France as a bransle or circle dance, so my French duo partner and good friend Michel Sikiotakis tells me. That being the case, I approach it here as more of a rowdy medieval dance than a quiet, reverent carol!

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from Christmas Eve is Here, released December 1, 2008
Mandolin, guitar, cittern

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Robin Bullock has been hailed as one of the 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists by DigitalDreamDoor.com, “one of the best folk instrumentalists in the business” by Sing Out! Magazine, “breathtaking” by Guitar Player Magazine, and a “Celtic guitar god” by Baltimore City Paper. His virtuosity on guitar, cittern and mandolin blends Celtic, Appalachian and Baroque influences into one beautiful whole. ... more

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