Ding Dong Merrily on High

"Ding Dong Merrily on High" is a Christmas carol. The tune first appeared as a secular dance tune known under the title "Branle de l'Official" in Orchésographie, a dance book written by Jehan Tabourot (1519–1593). The lyrics are from English composer George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934), and the carol was first published in 1924 in his The Cambridge Carol-Book: Being Fifty-two Songs for Christmas, Easter, And Other Seasons. Woodward took an interest in church bell ringing, which no doubt aided him in writing it. Woodward was the author of several carol books, including Songs of Syon and The Cowley Carol Book. The macaronic style is characteristic of Woodward’s delight in archaic poetry. Charles Wood harmonised the tune when it was published with Woodward's text in The Cambridge Carol Book. More recently, Sir David Willcocks made an arrangement for the second book of Carols for Choirs.

The song is particularly noted for the Latin refrain:

where the sung vowel sound "o" of "Gloria" is fluidly sustained through a lengthy rising and falling melismatic melodic sequence.

On High

On High is the third album by Canadian singer-songwriter Kate Maki, released on February 12, 2008 in the USA on Howe Gelb's record label OW OM Records and in Canada on Kate's label Confusion Unlimited.

The album's lead single, "Blue Morning", was highlighted as a "Song of the Day" by NPR,KCRW, and WXPN.

The song "To Please" was featured in the film Ingenious from 2009, and the song "Highway" was featured in Episode 9 of the television series Hard Rock Medical in 2013.

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Ding Dong

The Ding Dong is a chocolate cake produced and distributed in the United States by Hostess Brands and currently owned by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co; it remains in production and distribution in Canada from Saputo Incorporated under the name King Don. Ding Dong production resumed in the United States on July 15, 2013, after an absence from American store shelves. It is round with a flat top and bottom, close to three inches in diameter and slightly taller than an inch high, similar in shape to a hockey puck. A white creamy filling is injected into the center, and a thin coating of chocolate glaze covers the entire cake. The cake was originally wrapped in a square of thin aluminium foil, enabling it to be carried in lunches without melting the chocolate glaze.

History and naming

The Ding Dong is similar to other cream-filled cakes such as Arcade Vachon's Jos. Louis introduced before 1934. Hostess began marketing its Ding Dong in 1967. The name was given to coincide with a television ad campaign featuring a ringing bell. Hostess went out of business on November 16, 2012, stopping all production. In June 2013, the new Hostess Brands reopened a Kansas product plant and announced that Ding Dongs production would resume on July 15, 2013.

Ding Dong (disambiguation)

Ding Dong is a chocolate snack cake marketed under the Hostess brand name.

Ding Dong may also refer to:

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Ding Dong (Dana International song)

"Ding Dong" is a pop song written and performed by Israeli singer Dana International. It won the Israeli Kdam Eurovision (Israeli National selection) on March 8, 2011, represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. It will be released as a music single for the singer a few days after the national final performance.

This was Dana International's second performance in the Kdam Eurovision, after her failed attempt in 1995. It was also her second time in the Eurovision Song Contest as a singer, after winning in 1998 with the song "Diva", and her second time as a song writer and composer, after the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entry sung by Boaz Mauda, "Ke'ilu Kan" ("The Fire in Your Eyes").

The song failed to go through to the final.

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