The magic maker [electronic resource] : a portrait of John Langstaff, creator of the Christmas revels / Susan Cooper.
On Christmas Eve in 1920, John Meredith Langstaff was born into a music-filled home where a rousing, wassailing carol party was the peak of his family's year. Half a century later, his inspired Christmas Revels was born, a theatrical weaving of traditional song, folkdance, and drama that has become a beloved institution across the country. Now award-winning author Susan Cooper, a friend and writer for the Revels, traces its roots through the rhythms of Jack Langstaff's life. --from publisher description
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- ISBN: 9780763656577 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0763656577 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource : ill.
- Publisher: Somerville, Mass : Candlewick Press, 2011.
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Subject: | Langstaff, John M. Baritones (Singers) > United States > Biography. Theatrical producers and directors > United States > Biography. Revels, Inc. |
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On Christmas Eve in 1920, John Meredith Langstaff was born into a music-filled home where a rousing, wassailing carol party was the peak of his family's year. Half a century later, his inspired Christmas Revels was born, a theatrical weaving of traditional song, folkdance, and drama that has become a beloved institution across the country. Now award-winning author Susan Cooper, a friend and writer for the Revels, traces its roots through the rhythms of Jack Langstaff's life. --from publisher description