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"The First Nowell" in Carols, New and Old (1879) [1] "The First Nowell" (or Nowel), [1] modernised as "The First Noel" [2] (or Noël), is a traditional English Christmas carol with Cornish origins most likely from the early modern period, although possibly earlier. [3] It is listed as number 682 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
His poem "Sea Slumber Song" was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar as the first song of his song-cycle Sea Pictures. [6] Noel was a spiritualist and interested in parapsychology. He was a founding vice-president of the Society for Psychical Research. [7]
The carol was first performed in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf on 24 December 1818. Mohr had composed the words much earlier, in 1816, but on Christmas Eve brought them to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service. [16] The first English translation was in 1871 where it was published in a ...
"The First Noel" ("The First Nowell") English traditional 1823 First published in Carols Ancient and Modern by William Sandys "The Friendly Beasts" French Traditional 12th century English by Robert Davis 1934 "Gabriel's Message" translated into English by Sabine Baring-Gould: from the Basque traditional carol "Birjina gaztettobat zegoen"
In 1850, Sears' lyrics were set to "Carol", a tune written for the poem the same year at his request, by Richard Storrs Willis. This pairing remains the most popular in the United States, while in Commonwealth countries, the lyrics are set to "Noel", a later adaptation by Arthur Sullivan from an English melody.
Coward spelled his first name with the diæresis ("I didn't put the dots over the 'e' in Noël. The language did. Otherwise it's not Noël but Nool!"). [150] The press and many book publishers failed to follow suit, and his name was printed as 'Noel' in The Times, The Observer and other contemporary newspapers and books. [n 12]
William Sandys (1792 – 18 February 1874) (pronounced "Sands") was an English solicitor, member of the Percy Society, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and remembered for his publication Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (London, Richard Beckley, 1833), a collection of seasonal carols that Sandys had gathered and also apparently improvised.
Grace Noll Crowell (October 31, 1877 - March 31, 1969) was an American poet, author of 36 books of inspirational verse and approximately 5,000 poems. [1] Her work has appeared in hundreds of magazines and newspapers.