A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 is a composition for piano, written by American composer

Composer

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 George Crumb

George Crumb

George Crumb is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres, alternative forms of notation, and extended instrumental and vocal techniques. Examples include seagull effect for the cello , metallic vibrato for the piano George Crumb (born...

, written in 1980

1980 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.-January–March:*January 1**Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Elizabeth II.**The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley....

. The suite is conceptually related to the Nativity frescoes of the Arena Chapel in Padua

Padua

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, Italy

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. This private chapel, painted by Giotto (finished in 1305), traces, through a series of separate panels, the lineage and conception of Jesus Christ, incidents in his life and his crucifixion and resurrection.

Parts

1. The Visitation
2. Berceuse for the Infant Jesu
3. The Shepherd's Noël
4. Adoration of the Magi
5. Nativity Dance
6. Canticle of the Holy Nights
7. Carol of the Bells