Accordng to Wikipedia: The "
Huron Carol" (or "'Twas in the Moon of
Wintertime") is a Canadian Christmas hymn (Canada's
oldest Christmas song), written in 1643 by Jean de
Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the
Hurons in Canada. Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the
native language of the Huron/Wendat people; the song's
original Huron title is "Jesous Ahatonhia" ("Jesus, he
is born"). The song's melody is a traditional French
folk song, "Une Jeune Pucelle" ("A Young Maid").
This uses all my Kobliczek recorders: the G alto (twice),
tenor (twice), and the soprano in the last line. The bass
is a plastic Yamaha, and the harp is sampled.
The score is
on the Werner Icking archive.
The idea for doing this song came from Scott Lake, who
asked me to provide some recorders for
his version. The bass is played by his
friend Andy McRory.
