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The Herald Angels Sing" is an English Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems. The carol, based on Luke 2:8–14 , tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God.
Charles Wesley wrote texts for at least three Christmas carols, of which the best known was originally entitled "Hark! How All the Welkin Rings", later edited to "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing". [15] A tune from a cantata, Festgesang, by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840 was adapted by William H. Cummings to fit Wesley's words. This combination first ...
Charles Wesley was the 18th child of Susanna Wesley and Samuel Wesley.He was born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, where his father was rector. [3] In 1716, at the age of eight, he entered Westminster School, where his brother Samuel was usher.
Angels We Have Heard on High, Away in a Manger, Away in a Manger (to the tune of Flow Gently, Sweet Afton), The First Noel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, O Little Town of Bethlehem, We Three Kings of Orient Are, What Child is This (Greensleeves) (Boosey & Hawkes)
Part 2, beginning "Vaterland, in deinen Gauen", was later adapted to the words of Charles Wesley’s Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing " (against Wesley's original request, as he had originally wanted more somber music, though he had been long deceased by this point).
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Carrie Underwood: 2008 Reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart during the Christmas season of 2008. [259] "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Judy Garland: 1944 Peaked at No. 27 on the pop singles chart. Featuring orchestration by Georgie Stoll.
— Hark! the Herald Angels Sing — Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - Angels We Have Heard on High Suite Four Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heav’nly Light - The First Nowell — O Little Town of Bethlehem - I Saw Three Ships - Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
"Ständchen" (known in English by its first line "Hark, hark, the lark"), D 889, is a lied for solo voice and piano by Franz Schubert, composed in July 1826 in the village of Währing (now a suburb of Vienna). It is a setting of the "Song" in Act 2, scene 3 of Shakespeare's Cymbeline.