Christmas Music Written By Jewish Composers

Jews may not celebrate christmas but they can still get into the spirit these songwriters practically wrote the soundtrack for the.

Christmas music written by jewish composers. White christmas while there are more than five christmas carols written by jewish songwriters i thought i d just cover my favorites starting with not only the most famous christmas song. White christmas written by jewish lyricist irving berlin topped the charts in 1942 and launched popular christmas music encouraging many others jews and non jews to write more odes to the holiday. Kapilow who is also the conductor and host of the toronto symphony orchestra s what. The following then is a countdown of my personal top 10 christmas songs by jewish songwriters.

An outtake from dreaming of a jewish christmas with american composer conductor and author rob kapilow. The composers do not only have this hit in common. John david marks another jewish composer wrote rudolph the red nosed reindeer rocking around the christmas tree and a jolly holly christmas robert wells whose original name was robert levinson wrote the christmas song with mel tormé. On the song white christmas well it is the foundational cornerstone.

10 classic christmas songs written by jewish songwriters. Famous american christmas songs written by jews white christmas by irving berlin rudolph the red nosed reindeer by johnny marks let it snow let it snow let it snow by sammy cahn and jule styne. Both writers of this christmas classic are jewish. And it was jewish composers who invented the soundtrack to christmas rob kapilow.