The Christmas tune "Glade Jul" (in Norwegian) or "Silent Night" which it's called in English, here played on my trumpet.
The tune (German original title "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht") is one of the most popular Christmas carols. It was originally composed by Franz Xaver Gruber in 1818, while the Catholic priest Josef Mohr wrote the original text. The song was first performed in the church in Oberndorf in Austria on 24 December 1818.

Julemusikk på trompet

Glade jul - Silent Night

The Christmas tune "Jeg er så glad hver julekveld" (in Norwegian) or "I am so Glad Each Christmas Eve" which it's called in English, here played on my trumpet.
The tune is originally a Norwegian Christmas carol with lyrics by Marie Wexelsen (1832–1911) and melody by Peder Knudsen (1819–1863).
Both the text and the melody were written in 1859. It was published under the title "Barnets Julesang", in Wexelsen's book Ketil, "en Julegave for de Smaa". In 1862, the song was used during the consecration of Skåtøy church outside Kragerø.

Jeg er så glad hver julekveld - I am so Glad Each Christmas Eve

The Christmas tune "Julekveldsvisa" (in Norwegian) or "Christmas Eve Song" which it's called in English, here played on my trumpet.
The tune is originally a Norwegian Christmas carol with lyrics by Alf Prøysen and melody by Arnljot Høyland. It was first published in the Christmas issue of Magasinet for alle in 1951.
Many other artists have recorded the song. Nora Brockstedt recorded it on the single Julekveldsvise/Musevise in 1972 (Philips 6084 015). Ingjerd Helén recorded it on Julekveldsvise and other Prøysenviser shows in 1979. Herborg Kråkevik has "Julekveldsvisa" on the album Jul i stova (2012). The song has also been recorded on the albums Julens vakreste by Hanne Krogh and Frem fra glemselen, ch. 13 by Helge Borglund.

Julekveldsvisa - Christmas Eve Song

The Christmas tune "Nå tennes tusen julelys" (in Norwegian) or "Now a Thousand Christmas Lights Are Lit" which it's called in English, here played on my trumpet.
The tune is originally a Swedish Christmas carol written by Emmy Köhler in 1898 with the title "Nu tändas tusen juleljus".
The text is about how Christmas is illuminated, partly by the candles that we light in our homes, partly by the stars in the sky, and continues with a prayer that the Star of Bethlehem may also shine for people this Christmas.

Nå tennes tusen julelys - Now a Thousand Christmas Lights Are Lit

The Christmas tune "Romjulsdrøm" (in Norwegian) or "After Christmas Dream" translated to English, here played on my trumpet.
The tune is originally a Norwegian Christmas carol written by Alf Prøysen, and came out in 1964 in the album "12 viser på villstrå".
The tune is about long quiet days, Christmas presents, family and friendship.

Romjulsdrøm - After Christmas Dream

The Christmas tune "Vi tenner våre lykter" (in Norwegian) or "We Light Up Our Torches" translated to English, here played on my trumpet.
The tune is originally a Norwegian Christmas carol written by Bjørn Rønningen, and came out in 1995 in the children series "Jul i skomakergata".
The tune is about lighting up the long, dark winter days.

Vi tenner våre lykter - We Light Up Our Torches

The Christmas tune "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", here played on my trumpet.
Rudolph first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store.
Rudolph is usually depicted as the ninth and youngest of Santa Claus's reindeer, using his luminous red nose to lead the reindeer team and guide Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

The Christmas tune "O Holy Night", or in Swedish "O, Helga Natt", here played on my trumpet.
"O Holy Night" (original title: Cantique de Noël) is a well-known Christmas carol. Originally based on a French-language poem by poet Placide Cappeau, written in 1843, with the first line "Minuit, Chrétien, c'est l'heure solennelle" (Midnight, Christian, is the solemn hour) that composer Adolphe Adam set to music in 1847.

The song is often sung solo. In Sweden, it is a classic on Christmas records and is often used to end Christmas concerts. The best known is the version sung by Jussi Björling, which is played every year on Sweden's Radio P3 and P4 as the first song after midnight on Christmas Eve.

The song has been translated into Norwegian as "Julesang" by the signature "O.S." and as "Come Christmas Eve" by Arve Sigvaldsen.

O Holy Night - O, helga natt

The Christmas tune "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town", here played on my trumpet.
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a Christmas song written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

The song has been recorded by over 200 artists, including Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters, The Crystals, Mariah Carey, Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans, Chris Isaak, The Temptations, The Carpenters, Michael Bublé, Luis Miguel, and The Jackson 5.

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

The Christmas tune "Winter Wonderland", here played on my trumpet.
"Winter Wonderland" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere. Since its original recording by Richard Himber, it has been covered by over 200 different artists.

The song was originally recorded in 1934 for RCA Victor. At the end of a different recording session by Himber and his Hotel Ritz-Carlton Orchestra, with extra time to spare, RCA Victor suggested arranging and recording "Winter Wonderland" using some additional members of its own orchestra, which included Artie Shaw and other established New York City studio musicians.

Guy Lombardo’s version that same year would go on to be one of the biggest hits of 1934.

In Mathis' version, heard on his 1958 LP Merry Christmas, the introduction is sung between the first and the second refrain.

In 1960, Ella Fitzgerald recorded a jazz arrangement of the song for her Verve release, Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.

Winter Wonderland

The Christmas tune "Jingle Bells", here played on my trumpet.

"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and most commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. 
It was first recorded in 1889 on an Edison cylinder; this recording, believed to be the first Christmas record, is lost, but an 1898 recording also from Edison Records survives.

Jingle Bells

The Christmas tune "Musevisa" in Norwegian or "The Mouse Song" in English, here played on my trumpet.

"Musevisa" ("The Mouse Song") is a Norwegian Christmas song by singer-songwriter Alf Prøysen from 1946. Musevisa is a secular song, where a family of anthropomorphic mice are preparing for Christmas. The mouse-mother specifically warns her children against the dangers of the mousetrap.

Musevisa - The Mouse Song

The Christmas tune "Sankta Lucia" in Norwegian or "Saint Lucy" in English, here played on my trumpet.

Saint Lucy's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Lucy, is a Christian feast day observed on 13 December. The observance commemorates Lucia of Syracuse, an early-fourth-century virgin martyr under the Diocletianic Persecution, who according to legend brought food and aid to Christians hiding in the Roman catacombs, wearing a candle lit wreath on her head to light her way and leave her hands free to carry as much food as possible. Her feast day, which coincided with the shortest day of the year prior to calendar reforms, is widely celebrated as a festival of light. Falling within the Advent season, Saint Lucy's Day is viewed as a precursor of Christmastide, pointing to the arrival of the Light of Christ in the calendar on Christmas Day.

Saint Lucy's Day is celebrated most widely in Scandinavia and in Italy, with each emphasising a different aspect of her story. In Scandinavia, where Lucy is called Santa/Sankta Lucia, she is represented as a lady in a white dress symbolizing a baptismal robe and a red sash symbolizing the blood of her martyrdom, with a crown or wreath of candles on her head.

Saint Lucy - Sankta Lucia

The Christmas tune "Din drøm gir deg alt" in Norwegian or "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" in English, here played on my trumpet.

«A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes» is an American song with melody and lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston. It was written for the film Cinderella (1951).

In the song, Cinderella (voiced by Ilene Woods) encourages her animal friends to never stop dreaming, and that theme continues throughout the story.

Ilene Woods with Harold Mooney and His Orchestra recorded it in Hollywood on October 23, 1949. It was released on the 78-disc RCA Victor 31-0014B (in the US), on HMV B 9971, HMV SG 272, on HMV HN 2753, on HMV JK 2679. HMV SAB 7, on HMV EA 3914 and on HMV A.L. 3110 (in Norway).
Rolf Just Nilsen has written a Norwegian text. In Norwegian it is titled «Din drøm gir deg alt».

The original version is available on a CD with the original soundtrack as well as on several compilation albums. It has also been covered on record by numerous artists, including Julie Andrews (on her album Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs, 2005), Daniel Bedingfield (who sings a swing version), Nikki Blonsky, Michael Bolton, Ashley Brown, Cher, Perry Como, Hilary Duff, Eden Esposito, Kimberley Locke, Johnny Mathis, Bette Midler, Linda Ronstadt and Tomiko Van.

Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' and His Orchestra recorded it in New York City on October 3, 1949. It was released on RCA Victor 20-3607A (in the US)[2], on His Master's Voice B 9961, on His Master's Voice HM 2730, on His Master's Voice X 7279, on His Master's Voice SAB 8, on His Master's Voice IP 615 and on His Master's Voice A.L. 3108 (the latter in Norway).

This song is also on a CD entitled Cinderella Songs from the Classic Fairy Tale (1998), along with other songs based on the Cinderella story, including songs by Sergei Prokofiev, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim and the Sherman brothers.

The song has also been used during the opening credits of several Walt Disney anthology series, notably The Wonderful World of Walt Disney (1969–1979) and The Magic World of Walt Disney (1988).

Din drøm gir deg alt - A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

The Christmas tune "Bella Notte", here played on my trumpet.

"Bella Notte" (Italian for "Beautiful Night") is a song for the 1955 animated motion picture Lady and the Tramp from Walt Disney Productions. The music is by Sonny Burke and the lyrics are by Peggy Lee. The song was performed in the film by George Givot, who also provided the voice of Tony.

Peggy Lee recorded the song for herself for a 1955 Decca release with a choir and orchestra led by Victor Young. The song has also been recorded for a Disneyland album,[clarification needed] sung by Bob Grabeau.[citation needed]

Ronnie Hilton recorded the song, and Siw Malmkvist recorded the song in Swedish, releasing it on a record in February 1956. The song has also been recorded by Vikingarna on the 1979 album Vikingarnas julparty and Christer Sjögren himself on the 1994 Christmas album När ljusen ska tändas därhemma.

Bella Notte

The Christmas tune "Frosty the Snowman", here played on my trumpet.

"Frosty the Snowman" is a popular Christmas song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950 and later recorded by Jimmy Durante. It was written after the success of Autry's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the previous year; Rollins and Nelson shopped the new song to Autry, who recorded "Frosty" in search of another seasonal hit. Like "Rudolph", "Frosty" was subsequently adapted to other media including a popular television special.

The song has been covered as an instrumental by the Canadian Brass, with founder Charles Daellenbach taking on the persona of Frosty, and repeatedly calling "One more time!" ("You know what happens when Frosty gets 'hot'"), and then starting to collapse ("I think he's melting" -- "You know what happens when Frosty gets hot"). It was also covered by the Hampton String Quartet on their inaugural album, What if Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'. It was also recorded by American Brass.

The song has also been covered (with lyrics) by the band Cocteau Twins; the cover was released on their 1993 EP Snow. It was also covered by the Jackson 5 and appears on the Jackson 5 Christmas Album.

Frosty the snowman

The Christmas tune "Here Comes Santa Claus", here played on my trumpet.

"Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" is a popular Christmas song written and originally performed by Gene Autry, with music composed by Oakley Haldeman. Autry's original recording (in which he pronounces Santa Claus as "Santy Claus") was a top-10 hit on the pop and country charts; the song would go on to be covered many times in the subsequent decades.

Autry got the idea for the song after riding his horse in the 1946 Santa Claus Lane Parade (now the Hollywood Christmas Parade) in Los Angeles, during which crowds of spectators chanted, "Here comes Santa Claus". This inspired him to write a song that Haldeman set to music. Autry's lyrics combined two veins of the Christmas tradition, the mythology of Santa Claus and the Christian origin of the holiday (most explicitly in its mention of the nativity promise of "peace on Earth" to those who "follow the light"). A demo recording was made by singer/guitarist Johnny Bond, whose recording made use of ice cubes to mimic the sound of jingling sleigh bells. This inspired the use of real sleigh bells in Autry's own recording of the song.

Autry first recorded the song on August 28, 1947; released as a single by Columbia Records, It became a No. 5 country and No. 9 pop hit. Autry performed the song in his 1949 movie The Cowboy and the Indians. He re-recorded it again in 1953 for Columbia, and once more in 1957 for his own Challenge Records label, which released it on more than one album that year.

Other artists to record the song include Doris Day (1949), Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters (recorded May 10, 1949),[9] Elvis Presley (1957), the Ray Conniff Singers (1959), Keely Smith (1960), David Seville and His Chipmunks (1961), Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (1963), Hank Thompson (1964), in excerpt by The Beach Boys as part of their song "Child of Winter" (1974), Willie Nelson (1979), Glen Campbell, RuPaul, The Wiggles (1997), Billy Idol (2006), Bob Dylan (2009), Mariah Carey (2010), Chicago (2011), the Glee cast (2013), Anna Kendrick (2015), and Pentatonix (2018). In 1988, "Here Comes Santa Claus" was featured in Very Merry Christmas Songs which is part of the Disney Sing Along Songs collection. The song was also featured prominently in the popular 1989 Christmas movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation during the climax towards the end of the film. The version of the song used was Autry's 1957 Challenge Records recording.

Here Comes Santa Claus

The Christmas tune "Jingle Bell Rock", here played on my trumpet.

"Jingle Bell Rock" is an American Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957. Since its release, it has received frequent airplay in the United States during every Christmas season since then. "Jingle Bell Rock" was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal (1900–1967) and James Ross Boothe (1917–1976).

"Jingle Bell Rock" has been performed by many, but Helms' first version from 1957 produced by Paul Cohen is the best known. The song's title and some of its lyrics are an extension of the old Christmas standard, "Jingle Bells". It makes brief references to other popular songs of the 1950s, such as "Rock Around the Clock", and mentions going to a "Jingle hop". An electric guitar played by Hank Garland can be heard playing the first notes of the chorus of "Jingle Bells". Backup singers were the Anita Kerr Singers.

Jingle Bell Rock

The Christmas tune "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!", here played on my trumpet.

"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945 in Hollywood, California, during a heat wave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions. The song was first recorded that fall by Vaughn Monroe, was released just after Thanksgiving, and became a hit by Christmas.

Despite the lyrics making no mention of any holiday, the song has come to be regarded as a Christmas song worldwide due to its winter theme, being played on radio stations during the Christmas and holiday season, and having often been covered by various artists on Christmas-themed albums. In the Southern Hemisphere, it can be played during the winter months of June, July, and August; and in New Zealand, some play it at Matariki.

Widely heard recordings of the song include:

1945 (first recording) – Vaughn Monroe for RCA Victor, which became a popular hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard "Best Sellers" music chart for five weeks from late December into early 1946.
1946 – Woody Herman for Columbia Records, which charted on Billboard.
1962 – Bing Crosby, on his album I Wish You a Merry Christmas.
2005 – Carly Simon, on a CD single. Her version is unusual in being sung from the point of view of the host instead of the guest. It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
2012 – Rod Stewart, on his album Merry Christmas, Baby. Stewart's version reached No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in December 2012. The song remained in the No. 1 spot for a total of five weeks, tying it for the longest leading rendition of a holiday title in the history of the chart.

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

The Christmas tune "Silver Bells", here played on my trumpet.

"Silver Bells" is a Christmas song composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.

The song is started by William Frawley, and then sung in the generally known version immediately thereafter by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid, which was filmed in July and August 1950 and released in March 1951. The first recorded version was sung by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards on September 8, 1950, with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers. The recording was released by Decca Records in October 1950. After the Crosby/Richards recording became popular, Hope and Maxwell were called back in late 1950 to reshoot a more elaborate production of the song.

"Silver Bells" started out as "Tinkle Bells". Songwriter Ray Evans said: "We never thought that tinkle had a double meaning until Jay went home and his first wife said, 'Are you out of your mind? Do you know what the word tinkle is?'" The word is slang for urination.

This song's inspiration is the source of conflicting reports. Several periodicals and interviews cite writer Jay Livingston stating that the song's inspiration came from the bells used by sidewalk Santa Clauses and Salvation Army solicitors on New York City street corners. However, in an interview with NPR, co-writer Ray Evans said that the song was inspired by a bell that sat on an office desk that he shared with Livingston.

Kate Smith's 1966 version of "Silver Bells" became popular and has since been featured prominently in film and on holiday albums. The song was recorded by American country duo the Judds and was released as a single in 1987, charting for one week in 1998 at No. 68 on the Hot Country Songs chart. In 2009 the song charted in the United Kingdom for the first time when a duet by Terry Wogan and Aled Jones that had been recorded for charity reached the Top 40, peaking at No. 27.

Silver Bells

The lead singer George Michael is replaced by a trumpet solo for the entire song as a tribute to him and this special song.

Careless Whisper - George Michael

The Christmas tune "Deilig er jorden" (in Norwegian) or "Fairest Lord Jesus" which it's called in English, here played on my trumpet.
"Fairest Lord Jesus", also known as "Beautiful Savior", is a Christian hymn.

Deilig er jorden - Fairest Lord Jesus

The Christmas tune "Det Kimer nu til Julefest" (in Norwegian) or "The Happy Christmas Comes Once More" which it's called in English, is originally a Danish Christmas Carol, here played on my trumpet.

Det kimer nu til julefest - The Happy Christmas Comes Once More

The Christmas tune "Det lyser i stille grender" (in Norwegian) or "It shines in silent villages" (translated to English), here played on my trumpet.

«Det lyser i stille grender», also known as «Julekveld», is a Norwegian poem written by Jakob Sande in 1931. The text was first published in the Christmas booklet Jul i Sunnfjord in 1931.
Record releases where the song is included
Stille natt (1983), by Olav Stedje
Frem fra Glemselen ch.13 with Helge Borglund, sings a version in Bokmål.
Merry Christmas with Sissel Kyrkjebø
Christmas stars with Hanne Krogh
A thousand Christmas lights with the Oslo Gospel Choir, where Princess Märtha Louise sings solo on the second verse.
Christmas Eve with Nidaros Cathedral's Boys' Choir

Hilton Diamond

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