{"id":1972,"date":"2013-08-05T20:27:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T00:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christmasclassics.com\/christmasmusic\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2013-09-10T14:56:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:56:33","slug":"2nd-person-of-the-day-rev-charles-lewis-hutchins-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christmasclassics.com\/christmasmusic\/2nd-person-of-the-day-rev-charles-lewis-hutchins-2","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Classics PERSON OF THE DAY: Rev. Charles Lewis Hutchins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rev. Charles Lewis Hutchins was born on this day in 1838. He was an Episcopal minister who graduated from the General Theological Seminary, New York City.\u00a0 He is known for producing a number of books and hymnals for the Episcopalian Church, including his largest volume Carols Old and Carols New: For Use at Christmas and Other Seasons of the Christian Year<\/b><\/em> <\/strong><\/span>(Boston: Parish Choir, 1916). The massive collection contained 751 carols, about 470 dedicated to Christmas, and it remains one of the largest ever printed in the English language. The carols were international in scope, mostly from Europe and the United States, and included both favorite and lesser known carols.<\/p>\n

Carols Old and Carols New: For Use at Christmas and Other Seasons of the Christian Year <\/i><\/strong><\/span>had a limited printing of a thousand copies, but it contained unusual features for its day, such as a preface, a composer and music source index, a first-line index, and some information about the authorship of carols.<\/p>\n

Rev. Hutchins died on August 17, 1920 in Concord, Massachusetts. He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, a famous last resting place for some of New England’s great 19th century authors and transcendental poets, as well as Katherine K. Davis, the composer of the popular carol The Little Drummer Boy<\/b><\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Charles L. Hutchins<\/p><\/div>\n

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