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"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known〔Browne, Ray B. and Browne, Pat. (''The Guide to United States Popular Culture'' ) Popular Press, 2001. ISBN 0879728213. p.171〕 and commonly sung〔Collins, Ace. (''Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas'' ) Zondervan, 2004. ISBN 0310264480. p.104.〕 American Christmas songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. Even though it is now associated with the Christmas and holiday season, it was actually originally written for American Thanksgiving.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.readersdigest.ca/christmas/kind_christmas/jingle_bells.html )〕〔 – ("Jingle Bells" (p. 2) )〕 It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir; however, historians dispute this, stating that it was much too "racy" to be sung by a children's church choir in the days it was written. ==Composition== It is an unsettled question where and when James Lord Pierpont originally composed the song that would become known as "Jingle Bells". A plaque at 19 High Street in the center of Medford Square in Medford, Massachusetts commemorates the "birthplace" of "Jingle Bells," and claims that Pierpont wrote the song there in 1850, at what was then the Simpson Tavern. According to the Medford Historical Society, the song was inspired by the town's popular sleigh races during the 19th century.〔(Willcox, Kris. "James Lord Pierpont and the mystery of 'Jingle Bells'", UUWorld, November 1, 2014 )〕 "Jingle Bells" was originally copyrighted with the name "One Horse Open Sleigh" on September 16, 1857.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=sm1820&fileName=sm2/sm1857/620000/620520/mussm620520.db&recNum=0&itemLink=r?ammem/mussm:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(sm1857+620520))+@field(COLLID+sm1820))&linkText=0 )〕 Mrs. Otis Waterman, one of Pierpoint's friends, described the song as a "merry little jingle", which became part of its new name when published in 1859 under the revised title of "Jingle Bells, or the One Horse Open Sleigh."〔Dale V. Nobbman, ''Christmas Music Companion Fact Book: The Chronological History of Our Most Well-Known Traditional Christmas Hymns, Carols, Songs and the Writers & Composers Who Created Them'', Centerstream Publishing, Anaheim, CA, 2000. "Jingle Bells" entry on pp. 42-43.〕 The song has since passed into public domain. The date of the song's copyright casts some doubt on the theory that Pierpont wrote the song in Medford, since by that date he was the organist and music director of the Unitarian Church in Savannah, Georgia, where his brother, Rev. John Pierpont Jr., was employed. In August of the same year, James Pierpont married the daughter of the mayor of Savannah. He stayed on in the city even after the church closed due to its abolitionist leanings.〔("James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) Author of 'Jingle Bells'" ) on the ''Hymns and Carols of Christmas'' website〕 "Jingle Bells" was often used as a drinking song at parties: people would jingle the ice in their glasses as they sung. The double-meaning of "upsot" was thought humorous, and a sleigh ride gave an unescorted couple a rare chance to be together, unchaperoned, in distant woods or fields, with all the opportunities that afforded. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jingle Bells」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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