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One More Song!
...because we all need more Music in our life!
- Larissa Rose Fernandes
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Why “Once in Royal David’s City” opens Christmas at King’s College!
Aarav Viaan Pinto playing ' Once in Royal David City ' (Lyrics: Cecil Frances Alexander | Music: Henry John Gauntlett ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 19 - December 19, 2025 : ' Once in Royal David’s City ' began not as a carol, but as a children’s poem written in 1848 by Cecil Frances Alexander , one of the most influential hymn writers of the 19th century, to teach doctrine, rather than for performance. It appeared in her
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Dec 19, 20252 min read


The 13th‑Century medieval melody ‘March of the Kings’ — a Christmas Epic, that Bizet made famous!
Samuel Dsouza playing ' March of the Kings ' (Music: Georges Bizet | arr. Noble Cain ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 17 - December 17, 2025 : “ March of the Kings ” (French: La Marche des Rois ) is one of the oldest, dramatic and most iconic traditional melodies, in the Christmas tradition, from medieval Provence , France. Its origins stretch back to the 13th century , where it existed as a regional folk tune, long before it
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Dec 17, 20252 min read
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