The Life of a Song: The Holly and the Ivy
FT Life of a Song
English - December 18, 2015 15:50 - 5 minutes - 7.72 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This much-loved Christmas Carol uses words published by Cecil Sharp in 1911. But to what extent did he graft Christian elements onto a very different original? FT arts editor Jan Dalley traces the gender shifts which define the song’s evolution. Credit: Universal-Island Records Ltd; Warner Classics
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