Who wrote Russian Christmas music?

Answer by  Jjoe (13)

Alfred Reed wrote it. It's called that because Reed was trying to make the piece sound "Russian". Some of the music is based on genuine Russian Christmas carols and other tunes, but the work was not created spontaneously by a Russian, but was a commissioned work made to sound artificially "Russian".

Answer by  pokerqueen316 (40)

In 1944, Alfred Reed wrote "Russian Christmas Music" in just 16 days. This piece of music has become one of the most popular pieces of music to be played by concert bands at Christmas time. Reed used an ancient Russian Christmas carol as the basis for his work on this piece of music.

Answer by  Fabflautista (11)

Alfred Reed wrote a symphonic band piece entitled Russian Christmas music in 1944. He was comissioned to write a piece of "Russian music" to improve Soviet-American relations.

Answer by  neilmckenzie (16)

Alfred Reed wrote Russian Christmas music in 1944. He was commissioned to write the work for a performance in Denver, Colorado in the USA.