Huron Carol (4:19)

HURON CAROL(4:19)

Contact:
Robert Carlton
rcarlton@arrowrecords.com

Songwriters, Publishing & PRO:
Public Domain
Original Arrangement: Howard Baer - SOCAN
Publisher: Anjali Music - SOCAN

ISRC Code: ushm80562463

Producers: Lorraine Rousseau & Robert Carlton

Recorded at: Acrobat Music, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mixed by: Jim Morgan
Mastered by: George Graves at Lacquer Channel, Toronto ON Canada

A contemporary instrumental arrangement of the Christmas Carol, featuring flute and guitar with an acoustic ensemble.

Lorraine Rousseau - flute
Robert Carlton - acoustic & electric guitar
Scott Alexander - acoustic bass
Brian Leonard - drums & percussion
Howard Baer - arranger/orchestrator

The "Huron Carol" (or "Twas in the Moon of Wintertime") is a Canadian Christmas hymn (Canada's oldest Christmas song), written probably in 1642 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Canada.[1] Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron/Wendat people; the song's original Huron title is "Jesous Ahatonhia" ("Jesus, he is born"). The song's melody is based on a traditional French folk song, "Une Jeune Pucelle" ("A Young Maid"). The well-known English lyrics were written in 1926 by Jesse Edgar Middleton and the copyright to these lyrics was held by The Frederick Harris Music Co., Limited, but entered the public domain in 2011.