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A recording of an arrangement of "Go Tell It on the Mountain" for congregational singing (2008) "Go Tell It on the Mountain" is an African-American spiritual song and Christmas carol which was most likely derived from the oral tradition, but was first printed in an early-1900s compilation of African-American folk songs. [1]
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night: Traditional Thomas Ravenscroft (ed.) Christmas 1.50 While the shepherds were watching Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Christmas 2. 1 A babe is born I wys Frederick Bainton: Christmas 2. 2 A child is born in Bethlehem Samuel Scheidt: David Willcocks (ed.) Christmas 2. 3 Adam lay ybounden: Boris Ord ...
The "meane" of chapter VIII in Christopher Tye's Actes of the Apostles of 1553.The latter half was adapted and used as the tune of "Winchester Old". "While shepherds watched their flocks" [1] is a traditional Christmas carol describing the Annunciation to the Shepherds, with words attributed to Irish hymnist, lyricist and England's Poet Laureate Nahum Tate. [2]
The biblical record locates it near the present-day city of Bethlehem. So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), and Jacob set up a pillar at her grave; it is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day. Israel [Jacob] journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. (Gen 35:19-21 NRSV)
The idea for L'enfance went back to 1850 when Berlioz composed an organ piece for his friend Joseph-Louis Duc, called L'adieu des bergers (The Shepherds' Farewell). He soon turned it into a choral movement for the shepherds saying goodbye to the baby Jesus as he leaves Bethlehem for Egypt. Berlioz had the chorus performed as a hoax on 12 ...
Rembrandt The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 1634. As described in verses 8–20 of the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, shepherds were tending their flocks out in the countryside near Bethlehem, when they were terrified by the appearance of an angel. The angel explains that he has a message of good news for all people, namely that ...
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The three (alto, tenor and baritone) vocal parts confirm that, as was usual with mystery plays, the parts of the "mothers" singing the carol were invariably played by men. [10] The original three-part version contains a "startling" false relation (F ♯ in treble, F in tenor) at "by, by".