The American Girls Christmas: Music of Christmas Past

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Annotation

tracks 17 & 25 by the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass appear to have been recorded (at East Liberty Presbyterian Church) in Jul 2000, yet somehow are found in this 1999 release?

Annotation last modified on 2026-02-20 18:15 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Deck the Halls
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
[unknown]1:11
2I Saw Three Ships
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
London Symphony Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
instrumental recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
[unknown]0:54
3Shepherds, Rejoice!
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Shepherds, Rejoice!
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1687)
composer:
William Billings (18th century composer) (in 1770)
[unknown]1:35
4Ding Dong! Merrily on High
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
[unknown]1:18
5O Come, All Ye Faithful
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
[unknown]2:07
6Pastores y zagalas
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Pastores y zagalas (Shepherds and Shepherdesses)
[unknown]1:28
7Qué preciosas mañanitas
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Qué preciosas mañanitas (16th-century Spanish mission hymn)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[unknown]1:27
8A la ru
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
London Symphony Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
A la ru (traditional Spanish lullaby)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[unknown]2:15
9Las Posadas
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Las Posadas
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[unknown]2:33
10Domaredansen
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
London Symphony Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Domaredansen (18th-century Swedish holiday folk dance)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[unknown]1:01
11Saint Lucia Processional
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Så mörk är natten i midvintertid (Saint Lucy song, originally entitled “Lucia”)
lyricist:
Johny Johansson (credited as lyricist, arranger, likely Swedish)
composer:
Carl Bertil Agnestig
[unknown]2:09
12Nu är det jul igen
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Nu är det jul igen (Swedish lyrics)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nu är det jul igen (Catch-all for Danish/Swedish lyrics)
[unknown]1:16
13Var hälsad, sköna morgonstund
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Var hälsad sköna morgonstund
lyricist:
Johan Olof Wallin (in 1819)
composer:
Philipp Nicolai
publisher:
Edler Music AB
[unknown]2:09
14The Battle Hymn of the Republic
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
lyricist:
Julia Ward Howe (American poet)
composer:
William Steffe (in 1856)
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 Hymnal) (number: 60) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: V17636)
is based on:
John Brown’s Body (Glory, Glory, Hallelujah)
[unknown]0:51
15This Little Light of Mine
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
This Little Light of Mine
additional lyricist:
Avis Christiansen
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Harry Dixon Loes
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
[unknown]2:21
16Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow!
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Rise Up Shepherd and Follow!
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[unknown]2:04
17I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
brass:
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recorded at:
East Liberty Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh, PA) in Pittsburgh
instrumental recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
[unknown]1:09
18Go Tell It on the Mountain
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
lyricist:
John Wesley Work (John Wesley Work, Jr.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
[unknown]1:39
19O Tannenbaum
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
London Symphony Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
instrumental recording of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
version of:
Es lebe hoch der Zimmermannsgeselle
[unknown]0:42
20The Nutcracker March
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood (on 1999-06-04)
recording of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие I, Картина I, no. 2. Марш (The Nutcracker, op. 71: March, March)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие I (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 1, The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 1)
[unknown]2:32
21The First Noel
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
[unknown]1:40
22Skater’s Waltz
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood (on 1999-06-04)
recording of:
The Skaters Waltz
composer:
Émile Waldteufel (classical composer)
version of:
Les Patineurs, op. 183 (The Skaters, op. 183)
[unknown]3:44
23Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
[unknown]2:10
24White Christmas
vocals:
Bing Crosby
recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Bing Crosby3:59
25Good King Wenceslas
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
brass:
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recorded at:
East Liberty Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh, PA) in Pittsburgh
instrumental recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
[unknown]1:02
26Silent Night
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
London Symphony Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
[unknown]1:56
27I’ll Be Home for Christmas
vocals:
Ron Hawking (entertainer, musician and actor in Chicago, IL)
recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Ron Hawking2:39
28Joy to the World
producer:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
choir vocals:
Chicago Children’s Choir
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Arnold Roth (conductor, composer, and record producer)
performer:
Choral Thunder, London Voices and William Ferris Chorale
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pleasant Company (American Girl, creators of the American Girls doll collection) (in 1999)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood (on 1999-06-04)
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
[unknown]2:30

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