The Christmas Sleigh-Ride (Hatton, John Liptrot)

		Movements/Sections 1 (Allegro. 2 verses.) First Publication 1849 – Boston: Oliver Ditson (Plate 1666) Genre Categories Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language

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Schissel (2012/5/7)

Publisher Info.:

Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1849. Plate 1666.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	The Christmas Sleigh-Ride
Alternative Title

Composer	Hatton, John Liptrot
Key	G major
Movements/Sections	1 (Allegro. 2 verses.)
First Publication	1849 – Boston: Oliver Ditson (Plate 1666)
Librettist	Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884)
Incipit	Merrily, merrily sound the bells As o’er the ground we roll
Language	English
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voice, piano

Misc. Comments

"Composed and sung by J.L. Hatton."

Secular Christmas song. Some similarities in text to Jingle Bells (which was, at least according to the editors of the Wikipedia article, originally composed as a Thanksgiving song by Pierpont in 1850 and published in 1857 - I wonder if the composers - or if Hoffman and Pierpont - knew each other and shared ideas? ... )