3/11/2023 0 Comments Who wrote let it snow![]() The two men started to trade stories about getting snowed in, and the result was a song about a couple trapped by a snowstorm who stayed warm by a fire. Now, why three “let it snows”? Why not two? Because three is a lyric. ![]() “Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we’ve got no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” I said to Jule, “Why don’t we go down to the beach and cool off?” He said, “Why don’t we stay here and write a winter song?” I went to the typewriter. It was a hot summer day in Los Angeles, 1945, when lyricist Sammy Cahn (born Samuel Cohen to Galician Jewish parents), and composer Jule Styne (born Julius Stein to Ukrainian Jewish parents), came up with their song Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Reportedly, Cahn wanted to escape the office and head to the beach, but Styne sat down at the piano to work on a melody he thought sounded “cool” instead. So of course, they’re writing Christmas songs.” - Rob Bowman, Ethnomusicologist, York University Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! They’re writing all the love songs, they’re writing all the patriotic songs, they’re occasionally writing Easter songs. ![]() “From 1910 to 1940, popular music is dominated by Jewish composers. The Real Story Behind Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Stories that often began with the lives of Jewish immigrants arriving in North America, many who ended up in the music business. The new CBC documentary, Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas, explores the stories behind the world’s most beloved Christmas songs. While Jewish people made up only about three percent of North America's population around 1950, Jewish songwriters created more than 50 percent of the Christmas classics. What is less well-known is how many other Christmas songs were written by Jewish writers: The Christmas Song, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Silver Bells, Winter Wonderland, I’ll Be Home for Christmas and more. They still keep a video blog, now called "The Vlog Brothers," which can be found on the Nerdfighters website, or a direct link here.It is well-known that White Christmas was written by Irving Berlin who was Jewish. In 2007, John and his brother Hank were the hosts of a popular internet blog, " Brotherhood 2.0," where they discussed their lives, books and current events every day for a year except for weekends and holidays. The film rights for all his books, with the exception of Will Grayson Will Grayson, have been optioned to major Hollywood Studios. Green has also coauthored a book with David Levithan called Will Grayson, Will Grayson, published in 2010. The book also topped the New York Times Children's Paperback Bestseller list for several weeks. The praise included rave reviews in Time Magazine and The New York Times, on NPR, and from award-winning author Markus Zusak. In January 2012, his most recent novel, The Fault in Our Stars, was met with wide critical acclaim, unprecedented in Green's career. ![]() His next novel, Paper Towns, is a New York Times bestseller and won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best YA Mystery. ![]() Printz Award Honor Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines, was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. John Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]()
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