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Christ the Saviour is Born Today

While in Ishpeming, Michigan (1910-11), Gerhard composed music for a Swedish text “Den som beder han skall få” (“He who prays, he shall receive”). The one-verse handwritten setting was discovered on the back of a draft of “Andante”, an original unpublished work for organ written in September 1910. No information on the text, its additional verses, or its author, “S.A.”, has been found as of this writing.

The music was later given new life as a Christmas hymn in three verses: transposed to the key of C from its original G, arranged for male quartet, and given a number of harmonic and rhythmic changes. The English text is uncredited. In My Grandfather’s Day preserves the original harmonies, albeit transposed to Bb, and features some new words by David. Text © 2005 David Melbye. (The spelling of Saviour is as in Gerhard’s day.)

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from In My Grandfather​’​s Day: The Music of Gerhard Theodore Alexis, released March 15, 2005

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David Melbye Red Wing, Minnesota

David has been a board-certified music therapist since 2000. He served hospice patients for many years and currently practices privately.

In addition to his solo CD's (below), David’s arrangements have appeared on two Todd Rundgren tribute CDs. He has also contributed his work as a singer, vocal arranger, guitarist and bassist to CDs by Carolyn Koebel, Beth Patterson and Tom Rime’s Rhythmus. ... more

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