LibriVox's Christmas Carol Collection 2009

December 19, 2009 7:32 PM

In 2006, LibriVox released a small collection of traditional Christmas Carols, sung by volunteers from around the world, all in the Public Domain. It was a neat idea. Then, years of silence, no carolers came. Now it's December 2009 and the carolers have returned, with a second larger collection of traditional carols. (orig LibriVox page. Project page.)
posted by stbalbach (7 comments total)

At the end of each song it says "This recoding is in the public domain". I guess the rest of Christmas is not.

Favorites:

2009: 1,2,5,7,11,13,14,15,17,18,20,24,30
2006: 2,3,4,5,6,7,11
posted by stbalbach at 7:42 PM on December 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

It's another Festivus miracle!
posted by ZenithNadir at 7:46 PM on December 19, 2009

This is wonderful.

I didn't know my heart could hold more love for LibriVox but it must have grown three sizes tonight.

Thanks stbalbach and LibriVox carolers, I haven't had a smile this broad on my face for this long in way too long. You've made my night and I'm only on the 11th song.
posted by pseudonick at 8:01 PM on December 19, 2009 [2 favorites]

I check out Librivox frequently, but I had no idea about this--thank you for posting this, stbalbach! This will be wonderful to listen to on tomorrow's road trip to visit the family.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:04 AM on December 20, 2009

This is excellent. My heart grew three sizes today.
posted by strixus at 1:04 AM on December 20, 2009

Great link - thanks. In hunting down sheet music for some of the lesser-known (by me, anyway) ones to sing with my caroling neighbors, I found the best site on the Web
for free Christmas Carol music. Merry Christmas, everyone!
posted by kgander at 9:26 AM on December 20, 2009 [1 favorite]

Awesome. Are they crossposted to any of the Creative Commons music sites?
posted by DU at 11:58 AM on December 21, 2009