Having
a music major for a mother (and a father who had
latent-but-never-developed musical talent), I couldn’t very well
escape having some musical talent myself. Which meant playing or
singing with the family and/or various groups through the years.
My
dad taught me the basics of how to play the soprano recorder when I
was nine, and now I play all but the tenor and bass (tiny hands :-P).
One of my favorite songs to play on the alto recorder is “Masters in This Hall,”* as I have a liking for Medieval/Renaissance music,
and it’s one of the few pieces I can play by memory.
Several
years ago, the community chorale we were in performed this song for
our Christmas concert, at which time I learned it told the story of
Jesus’ birth, making it one of my favorite lesser-known Christmas
carols. 😊
*
Note: This is not the arrangement we sang with the chorale, but it
was the best I could find.
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