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The tune is called "Gabriel's Message". [3] It is commonly performed in an arrangement by Edgar Pettman published in 1922. The use of the lilting phrase "Most highly favoured lady" made it the favourite carol of Richard Harries , Bishop of Oxford .
The later hymn "Veni Creator Spiritus" borrows two lines from the hymn (Infirma nostri corporis — Virtute firmans perpeti). "Veni redemptor gentium" was particularly popular in Germany where Martin Luther translated it into German as "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," which then he, or possibly Johann Walter, set as a chorale, based on the original plainchant. [3]
"Angelus ad virginem" (Latin for "The angel came to the virgin", also known by its English title, "Gabriel, from Heven King Was to the Maide Sende" or "Gabriel fram evene king") is a medieval carol whose text is a poetic version of the Hail Mary and the Annunciation by the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
The eccentric English hagiographer and antiquarian, Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) wrote "Gabriel's Message", the English translation of the Basque Christmas carol Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen. The original carol is likely related to the 13th or 14th-century Latin chant Angelus Ad Virginem , which itself is based on the biblical account of ...
The list is based primarily on carols and hymns mentioned in the Song Book for the Danish Folk High School. [4] Where possible, a carol title is linked to its (Danish) Wikipedia entry, where the carol can be heard. Otherwise, a carol title has been linked to its entry at the Danish Hymn Book Online. [5]
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Advent songs (German: Adventslieder) are songs and hymns intended for Advent, the four weeks of preparation for Christmas.Topics of the time of expectation are the hope for a Messiah, prophecies, and the symbolism of light, among others.
The hymn was first sung a month before Easter on March 6, 1890. It is believed to be based on Acts 16, where Paul has a vision of a Macedonian man, who said, "Come over into Macedonia, and help us." After Gabriel wrote the hymn, a Field Secretary of missions took the song from California to Ohio, where Charles Cardwell McCabe popularized the ...