He who sings scares away his woes. ~Cervantes
My friends and I absolutely love to sing together, and occasionally we record some of our favorites. Here’s a sampling of the music that appears from time to time on Lanier’s Books, offered in the hopes that some of the joy of the singing will be gifted in the listening. Far from professional or polished, these songs are simply a glad overflow for the love of music and the God who created it. I hope that you enjoy…
Sull’ aria from The Marriage of Figaro
And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs and as silently steal away. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Day Is Done
Music for Christmas
Gloucester Wassail English traditional
Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming 15th century German
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day English traditional
Now the Holly Bears a Berry Sans Day Carol, Cornish Traditional
Noel Sing We 15th Century English Carol
All Hayle to the Days English traditional
Love Came Down Christina Rossetti, 1885
Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie. ~Milton