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The Herald Angels sing, / 'Glory to the new-born King ' ". [2] In 1840—a hundred years after the publication of Hymns and Sacred Poems —Mendelssohn composed a cantata to commemorate Johannes Gutenberg 's invention of movable type , and it is music from this cantata, adapted by the English musician William H. Cummings to fit the lyrics of "Hark!
The King James Version of the Bible translates the words of the angels differently from modern versions, using the words "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men". [3] Most Christmas carols reflect this older translation, with " It Came Upon the Midnight Clear ", for example, using the words "Peace on the earth ...
The chorus indicates that these events will be accompanied by trumpets (as in Revelation 8, 9, 11), pipers (Rev. 18:22), and "one hundred million angels singing". The voice of the Lord in Revelation is often likened to the sound of a loud trumpet ( Revelation 1 :10; 4:1; and 8:13).
Pott then published "Angel Voices, Ever Singing" in 1866 in his Hymns fitted to the Order of Common Prayer hymnal. [7] [8] The hymn eventually gained popularity in the United Kingdom and in the United States. In 1872, Arthur Sullivan wrote a separate tune, which was also called "Angel Voices" for the hymn. [9]
Like the 1816 "Angels from the Realms of Glory", the lyrics of "Angels We Have Heard on High" are inspired by, but not an exact translation of, the traditional French carol known as "Les Anges dans nos campagnes" ("the angels in our countryside"), whose first known publication was in 1842. [3] The music was attributed to "W. M.".
the King of angels: Come, let us adore (3x) the Lord. God of God, light of light, he who the pregnant maiden's organs bear, Very God, begotten, not created: Come, let us adore (3x) the Lord. Oh, that a choir of angels would sing; That the court of heaven would sing, Glory, glory to God in the highest, Come, let us adore (3x) the Lord.
He is flanked by sixteen angels who sing (6) and play music (10). Their instruments are typical of the fifteenth century. The scene was possibly inspired by the passage from the Gospel according to Matthew , which mentions: "When the Son of man comes in his glory, accompanied by all the angels, then he will sit on his throne of glory" ( Matthew ...
Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice is the principal source for angelic tongues at Qumran.The texts are fragmentary but appear to relate to praise tongues: [...] through the wonderful height [...] tongue of purity [...] gods (~yhla), seven [...] 4Q400 3 1, 1-2