The Magic of A Charlie Brown Christmas | Mic The Snare
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In anticipation/dread of the holiday season, the last Examining video of 2019 focuses on a Christmas special made on a shoestring budget, its accompanying jazz soundtrack that was recorded in under two days, and how both became iconic for tapping into feelings that few pieces of Christmas media have. That’s right, it’s A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack!
Let me know what you think of the special/soundtrack in the comments below!
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SOURCES
Mendelson, L., Schulz, C. M., Melendez, B., Guaraldi, V., Gillis, R. T., Benoit, D., McCann, C., … Warner Home Video (Firm). (2008). A Charlie Brown Christmas. Burbank, Calif: Warner Home Video.
Schulz, C. M., Mendelson, L., Melendez, B., & Felix, A. (2013). A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition. New York, NY: It Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
“Christmas Time is Here” Arrangement is by me, and was inspired by the arrangement found in “A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition” by Lee Mendelson, as well as other arrangements online
Holiday Stress Statistics:
American Psychological Association. (2006, December 12). Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2006/12/holiday-stress.pdf
Assorted Articles
– https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9759-the-genius-and-jazz-of-a-charlie-brown-christmas/
– https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/a-charlie-brown-christmas-at-50-the-making-of-a-classic-soundtrack-233002/
– https://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/the-secret-history-of-charlie-browns-christmas
– https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlie-brown-christmas-special-history-television-classic-cbs-180957490/
– https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/deck-the-halls-with-vince-guaraldi
– https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/aevak8/how-the-vince-guaraldi-trios-a-charlie-brown-christmas-became-the-soundtrack-of-the-holidays
– https://www.tor.com/2017/12/25/a-charlie-brown-christmas-and-the-search-for-holiday-truths/
– http://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/how-a-charlie-brown-christmas-almost-wasnt.html
– https://schulzmuseum.org/a-charlie-brown-christmas-vince-guaraldi-trio-1970-was-selected-to-be-in-the-library-of-congress-music-registry/
– https://schulzmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Concord-Records-press-release-12.09.16.pdf
Videos
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAE5KHOQMVQ
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkZu5H4Wb_M
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9mnL6QGebs
– Differences Between Original and Remastered Cuts of the Specials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm-7ADxAUg4
– Vox Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm4LO22-cyY
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