CD Cover Art
Music Book Cover
| Title | mp3 Audio | Composer |
|---|---|---|
| Joy To The World | George F. Handel | |
| Silent Night, Holy Night | Franz Grüber | |
| Angels We Have Heard On High | French Melody | |
| Carol Of The Drum | Katherine K. Davis | |
| Go Tell It On The Mountain | Spiritual | |
| O Holy Night | Adolphe Adam | |
| O, Little Town Of Bethlehem | Lewis H. Redner |
Each of these Christmas arrangements by Harold DeCou reminds us of his awesome musical legacy.
I have owned a copy of Harold DeCou’s “Christmas at the Keyboard” arrangements (cover pictured) for years. With this year’s revival of my effort to record all DeCou arrangements I previously played, I resolved to record this collection as my 2013 Christmas musical project. The notes I play are the ones Mr. DeCou wrote. The sounds are achieved by playing the original notes through my specially prepared (using our own special sauce…) Kurzweil synthesizer “program.” I attempted to follow Mr. DeCou’s recommended tempos and dynamics.
The “specially prepared synthesizer program“ I created is the 11th version of the original, multi-layered program I developed for this project, using my Kurzweil PC3K8 instrument. My synthesizer program features six distinct elements: right and left “plucked” sounds, solo-violin, an “organish-flutish” sound, synthesizer-brass, and glockenspiel. These sounds are different in character and are positioned across the sound-stage.
Changes to the sounding synthesizer’s program elements are achieved by turning on and off layers of the program – similarly to when an organist engages or disengages organ stops.
I sincerely hope that you enjoy these seven arrangements.
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