The special story of the Burt Family Carols spans three generations. As a young girl, composer Abbie Betinis noticed that singing “Caroling, Caroling” during the holidays always brought tears to her grandpa’s eyes. Later she would learn that the famous carol was one of many composed by her great uncle Alfred Burt, who was carrying on a family tradition of carol writing begun by his father, the Rev. Bates Burt. In 2001, Betinis, by then a composer herself, decided to pick up the family carol writing tradition and carry it forward. Read more here - bit.ly/1xk4vVE And here - abbiebetinis/works_burtcarols.html
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:00:00 +0000
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