{"id":2091,"date":"2013-08-26T16:19:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T20:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christmasclassics.com\/christmasmusic\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2013-09-10T14:19:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:19:43","slug":"christmas-classics-person-of-the-day-george-k-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christmasclassics.com\/christmasmusic\/christmas-classics-person-of-the-day-george-k-evans","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Classics PERSON OF THE DAY: George K. Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this day in 1917, George K. Evans was born in Arkansas. He is most noted as a translator and co-author of the highly respected The International Book of Christmas Carols<\/i> <\/strong><\/span>published by Prentice-Hall in 1963 and reprinted in 1980 by S. Greene Press.<\/p>\n

Evans was responsible, along with colleague Walter Ehret, for including in The International Book of Christmas Carols<\/span><\/i><\/strong> many carols theretofore never published in English collections, especially Slavic, Scandinavian, and Spanish carols. Evans himself provided the notes and translations for most of the carols, as well as for the popular German carol O Tannenbaum. <\/i>In addition he wrote a fine seven page introduction to the book.<\/p>\n

Fifteen years ago I spoke with the retired co-author about The International Book of Christmas Carols<\/strong><\/span>.<\/i> He was quite proud of his contributions, and rightfully so I told him, but expressed disappointment that the book wasn\u2019t more aggressively marketed. When I hinted that most carol books generally do not have large print runs, Evans ever the gentleman concurred. When I further commented that I thought his oeuvre d\u2019 hors<\/i> was one of the finest 20th<\/sup> century carol collections, he was greatly pleased for the attention.<\/p>\n

George K. Evans died at his home in North Hollywood, California in 2003. He will always be remembered and honored here as a significant contributor to the international Christmas music repertoire.<\/p>\n

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