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The music was attributed to "W. M.". According to some websites, [4] the hymn is by the nineteenth-century Wilfrid Moreau from Poitiers. "Angels We Have Heard on High" was an 1862 paraphrase by James Chadwick [citation needed], the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, in the north-east of England. Chadwick's lyrics are original in ...
A variation of this tune, "Gloria", is used for the American carol Angels We Have Heard on High. Sometimes the original "Gloria in excelsis Deo" refrain from the French carol is sung in place of Montgomery's lyric: "Come and worship Christ the new-born King". In the United States, "Regent Square" is the most common tune for this carol. [1]
The lyrics of Angels We Have Heard on High were written to a slightly modified version of the music of French traditional song Les Anges dans nos campagnes (literally translating to 'The Angels in our Countryside'). Chadwick's lyrics are clearly inspired but are not a direct translation of the song, though there are similarities.
Within the tradition of Religious Jewish music, melisma is still commonly used in the chanting of Torah, readings from the Prophets, and in the body of a service. [5] Today, melisma is commonly used in Middle Eastern, African, and African American music, Irish sean nós singing, and flamenco. African music infused the blues with melisma.
Nahum Tate's well-known carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" (1700) is entirely devoted to describing the annunciation to the shepherds, and the episode is also significant in "The First Nowell", Angels from the Realms of Glory, the originally French carol "Angels We Have Heard on High", and several others.
"Angels We Have Heard on High" (Traditional) - 4:32 "Christmas Time Is Here" ... Ken Gruberman – music preparation; Diana Mich Newell – project coordinator;
Angels' Carol is a popular sacred choral piece by John Rutter for Christmas. He wrote his own text, beginning "Have you heard the sound of the angel voices", [1] three stanzas with the refrain "Gloria in excelsis Deo". It has been part of recordings of collections of Christmas music, including one conducted by the composer.
The Herald Angels Sing/The Traveler/Lilies in the Field/The Blacksmith's Reel" – 6:22 "The Distressed Soldier/Angels We Have Heard on High/The Fairy Reel" – 6:54 "The Little Drummer Boy" – 3:57 "O Holy Night/Cill Chais" – 6:23 "Ding Dong Merrily on High/The Cordal Jig/Old Apples in Winter/Con Cassidys" – 4:43 "Silent Night" – 5:45