asterroc ([personal profile] asterroc) wrote2008-12-08 06:31 pm
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Note to Self:

Straight No Chaser - The 12 Days of Christmas
This is apparently the original for the Klein Four version.

[identity profile] seekingferret.livejournal.com 2008-12-09 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I read an article about Straight No Chaser's comeback a few months ago. The original is by a Princeton choral teacher, and it's beeen bouncing around the a cappella world for years.

[identity profile] seekingferret.livejournal.com 2008-12-09 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/arts/music/05rapk.html?_r=2&sq=Straight%20No%20Chaser&st=cse&scp=5&pagewanted=all

"Richard Gregory, 76, now a retired music teacher in Massachusetts, wrote the original comic arrangement of the traditional carol while serving in the Navy in the 1950s. It became a staple of the Princeton Nassoons, and Straight No Chaser added its own funny flavor.) "

[identity profile] zandperl.livejournal.com 2008-12-09 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the info! :)

Edit: The purpose of my note to self was to remind me to look up more info about the song, which you have already done for me. :) You wouldn't happen to know of sheet music of the arrangement, would you?
Edited 2008-12-09 18:29 (UTC)