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The carol, based on Luke 2:8–14, tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God. As it is known in the modern era, it features lyrical contributions from Charles Wesley and George Whitefield , two of the founding ministers of Methodism , with music adapted from "Vaterland, in deinen Gauen" of Felix Mendelssohn 's cantata Festgesang ...
Singing carols during the 2014 Declaration of Christmas Peace in Porvoo, Finland. In modern times, songs that may once have been regarded as carols are now no longer classified as such (especially Christmas songs), even those that retain the traditional attributes of a carol – celebrating a seasonal topic, alternating verses and chorus, and danceable music.
Some sources claim that the carol dates as far back as the 16th century. [7] Others date it later, to the 18th or early 19th centuries. [8] [9] Although there is a second tune known as 'Cornish', in print by 1833 [10] and referred to as "the usual version" in the 1928 Oxford Book of Carols, this version is seldom heard today. [11]
Source [2]. John Henry Hopkins Jr. organized the carol in such a way that three male voices would each sing a solo verse in order to correspond with the three kings. [3] The first and last verses of the carol are sung together by all three as "verses of praise", while the intermediate verses are sung individually with each king describing the gift he was bringing. [4]
William Studwell stated in his book The Christmas Carol Reader that "O Holy Night" is "the most popular carol in France and belongs in the upper echelon of carols on an international basis." [4] It is common tradition in French and Canadian culture to have a solo performance at Midnight Mass. Its difficult higher registers result in ...
Yet it's also rich with sound — carolers singing, sleigh bells jingling, crackling fires, a hearty "ho, ho, ho" from jolly St. Nick and "A Christmas Carol," playing on the radio. This holiday ...
"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" [1] [2] in Orchésographie, a dance book written by the French cleric, composer and writer Thoinot Arbeau, pen name of Jehan Tabourot (1519–1593).
Till ringing, singing on its way, The world revolved from night to day, A voice, a chime, A chant sublime Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Then from each black, accursed mouth The cannon thundered in the South, And with the sound The carols drowned Of peace on earth, good-will to men! It was as if an earthquake rent The hearth-stones of a ...