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The "Sussex Carol" is a Christmas carol popular in Britain, sometimes referred to by its first line "On Christmas night all Christians sing".Its words were first published by Luke Wadding, a late 17th-century poet and bishop of the Catholic Church in Ireland, in a work called Small Garland of Pious and Godly Songs (1684).
This joyful carol celebrates the birth of Jesus through a blending of Latin and German lyrics. 48. "Sussex Carol" — Elaine Hagenberg.
The single-movement work of roughly twelve minutes consists of the English folk carols "The truth sent from above", "Come all you worthy gentlemen" and the Sussex Carol ("On Christmas night all Christians sing"), all folk songs collected in southern England by Vaughan Williams and his friend Cecil Sharp a few years earlier. [2]
"On Christmas Night/Charles O'Conor" – 3:28 "The Castle of Dromore" – 4:05 "Henry Roe McDermott/The Holly and the Berry" – 4:21 "Hark!The Herald Angels Sing/The Traveler/Lilies in the Field/The Blacksmith's Reel" – 6:22
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.
Since its inception in 2021, Kate’s “Together at Christmas” carol service has become a highlight on the royal calendar during the holiday season. Members of the royal family regularly attend ...
Carol: "Sussex Carol" – words and music, English traditional; arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) First lesson from Genesis 3: 8–15, 17–19 (read by a chorister of King's College) Carol: " Adam lay ybounden " – words, 15th century English, modernised by Edith Rickert (1871-1938); music by Matthew Martin
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