{"id":1110,"date":"2007-12-24T21:09:11","date_gmt":"2007-12-25T02:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp2\/2007\/12\/24\/token-christmas-post\/"},"modified":"2007-12-24T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2007-12-25T02:09:11","slug":"token-christmas-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/token-christmas-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Token Christmas post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I first began maintaining a weblog, I posted a MIDI arrangement of a traditional tune every day. It was fun initially, but eventually it became more of a chore than a pleasure, so after a year I reduced the frequency to four times a week, and ultimately stopped posting the arrangements altogether. Earlier today I uploaded about 650 of the tunes. You can find them <a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/\">here<\/a>. There are all kinds of melodies there, from Medieval bicinia to strathspeys and reels, rounds, Shaker songs and tunes from the Near East and Asia. The following are some of the Christmas (or Epiphany) songs I&#8217;ve arranged.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/AlaMediaNoche.mid\">A la Media Noche<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/AlaNanitaNana.mid\">A la Nanita Nana<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/BergerSecoueTonSommeil.mid\">Berger Secoue Ton Sommeil<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/BrightestandBest.mid\">Brightest and Best<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/CordeNatusExParentis.mid\">Corde natus ex parentis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/DziasiajwBetlejem.mid\">Dziasiajw Betlejem<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/ElCantDelOcells.mid\">El Cant del Ocells<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/FemaleSaylor.mid\">Masters in this Hall<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/FumFumFum.mid\">Fum Fum Fum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/GesuBambinoLeNato.mid\">Gesu Bambino le Nato<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/HushMybabe.mid\">Hush, My Babe<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/LaJornada.mid\">La Journada<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/MenybolArAngyal.mid\">Menybol Ar Angyal<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/NesemVamNoviny.mid\">Nesem Vam Noviny<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/NoelNouvelet.mid\">Noel Nouvelet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/PataPan.mid\">Pat-a-Pan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/PuerNatusinBethlehem.mid\">Puer Natus in Bethlehem<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/QuemPastoresLaudavere.mid\">Quem Pastores Laudavere<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/TouroLouroLouro.mid\">Touro Louro Louro<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/TuScendeDalleStelle.mid\">Tu Scende Dalle Stelle<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/midi\/TwasIntheMoon.mid\">&#8220;Twas in the Moon of Wintertime<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first began maintaining a weblog, I posted a MIDI arrangement of a traditional tune every day. It was fun initially, but eventually it became more of a chore than a pleasure, so after a year I reduced the frequency to four times a week, and ultimately stopped posting the arrangements altogether. Earlier today &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/token-christmas-post\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Token Christmas post&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[128,669],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-christmas","tag-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-hU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}