| Santa’s Surprise Party (A Children’s Christmas Cantata) Text by Harriet D. Castle, Music by J.A. Parks. Dayton, Ohio, LORENZ & COMPANY, Publishers, Copyright 1896, by E.S. Lorenz
The copy from which this data was drawn is in the J.A. Parks display at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum, York Community Center, 211 E. 7th, York, Nebraska. The cantata is available online as a FLICKR image set, and the individual pages are linked in the contents list below: |
The CHARACTERS are:
- Santa Claus ;
- Mother Santa Claus;
- Children;
- Little Waiters;
- Little Nicolas;
- Brownies ;
- Fairies
The song titles in this cantata are:
| By Lo, Baby, By Lo | p. 10, 11 | ||
| Dearest Mother Santa Claus | p. 20, 21 | ||
| Doll Song | p.6, 7 | ||
| Fairy Whispers | p. 30, 31 | ||
| Grateful Hearts | p. 28, 29 | ||
| Ho! Said Santa Claus | p. 9 | ||
| Home, Sweet Home | p. 24, 25 | ||
| Jesus Is Born (Adult Quartet) | p. 32 | ||
| List To Our Bugle | p.(3), 4, 5 | ||
| Lonesome Little Nicolas | p. 18, 19 | ||
| The Merry Brownies | p. 14, 15 | ||
| The Nicest Birthday + Scene III opening narrative | p. 22, 23 | ||
| Song of the Waiters | p. 12, 13 | ||
| Tell Them So | p. 16, 17 | ||
| Thank You, Santa, Dear | p. 26, 27 | ||
| Welcome Dolly Dear | p. 8 |