His most famous composition, “Carol of the Bells,” became a global Christmas classic. Leontovych’s music combines Ukrainian folk themes with classical techniques, making his style distinctive.

Each February in Brunswick, Longfellow Days creates events to honor the legacy of Maine poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... collaborating with the Bowdoin Music Department to create an evening ...

I love Christmas music ... was “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” That all changed when I heard the story behind the words. It is now one of my favorites and holds a tender spot in my heart. My ...

By Danny Freedman There were “years of heartbreak,” the songwriter Johnny Marks once recalled of his start in the music ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1864 poem, “Christmas Bells.” ...

It's true that "Jingle Bells" songwriter James Pierpont did not have Christmas in mind when he ... on the cover of the song's original 1857 sheet music, which Pierpont dedicated to the venue's ...

But Marks also adapted the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem “Christmas Bells” into the song “I ... understood the business of holiday music. In 1949, he formed the publishing company St ...

“I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day,” because his service during the war had made the words even more meaningful to him. I think of him every year when this song is played. For Henry Wadsworth ...

And this has been going on forever. Hear me out. Jingle Bells is not a Christmas song. It is certainly not – as I’ve seen claimed once or twice – a Christmas carol. My advisers tells me the ...

Bells are an integral part of the Christmas spirit, and feature beyond music in decorations and imagery. The timbre of bells are typified by a bright, ringing, metallic sound and encompasses both ...