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Good King Wenceslas" (Roud number 24754) is a Christmas carol that tells a story of a tenth-century king of Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic) who goes on a journey, braving harsh winter weather, to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen.
A Festive Voluntary: Variations on Good King Wenceslas, organ, 1987; Two Invocations (for trombone and organ), 1988; Organ Concerto No. 2, 1988; Prague Te Deum, 1989 (for mixed choir, 4 brass instruments, timpani and percussion or organ) Biblical Dances, organ, 1990–91; Posvátná znamení (Sacred Symbols), oratorio, 1992–93
Mayer was born in New York City, the son of Dorothy (née Ehrich) and John C. Mayer. His great-grandfather was Emanuel Lehman, co-founder of Lehman Brothers. [3] He entered Yale University in 1944, but his college years were interrupted by military service (he served as a counter-intelligence agent in US-occupied Japan).
He worked on and wrote a wide range of holy Christian texts, including obscure medieval hymns, both Western and Eastern. Among his most famous hymns is the 1853 Good King Wenceslas, set on Boxing Day. An Anglo-Catholic, Neale's works have found positive reception in high-church Anglicanism and Western Rite Orthodoxy. [1] [2]
Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, ... "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Good King Wenceslas", ...
The Christmas set included Christ was born on Christmas Day from Resonet in laudibus, Good Christian men, rejoice from In dulci jubilo, and Good King Wenceslas as completely new words for the spring carol Tempus adest floridum. The Easter set included Let the song be begun from Personent hodie. [4]
Good King Wenceslas (1963), for SATB choir and organ; Ding Dong Merrily on High (1963), for a cappella SATB choir; Te Deum (1963), for congregation, unison choir and organ; The Boar's Head Carol (1964), a cappella SATB choir; English Eccentrics Choral Suite (1964), for a cappella SATB double choir; Epiphany Carol (1964), for soprano solo, SATB ...
Piae Cantiones is a 16th-century Finnish songbook containing a number of songs that are well known as Christmas carols. The category includes both the original Latin titles and, if the song is better known under a translated or alternative name (such as "Good King Wenceslas"), also its Latin first line redirect (i.e. Tempus adest floridum).