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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.".
A variation of this tune, "Gloria", is used for the American carol Angels We Have Heard on High. Sometimes the original "Gloria in excelsis Deo" refrain from the French carol is sung in place of Montgomery's lyric: "Come and worship Christ the new-born King". In the United States, "Regent Square" is the most common tune for this carol. [1]
A companion soundtrack album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and was originally available on LP, cassette, and compact disc. The album contains six songs not featured on the special, including an alternate version of "Angels We Have Heard On High". The song "O Christmas Tree", as featured in the special, was excluded from the soundtrack.
The traditional French carol tune to which the hymn "Angels We Have Heard on High" is usually sung (and "Angels from the Realms of Glory" in Great Britain), contains one of the most well known melismatic sequences in Christian hymn music.
Nahum Tate's well-known carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" (1700) is entirely devoted to describing the annunciation to the shepherds, and the episode is also significant in "The First Nowell", Angels from the Realms of Glory, the originally French carol "Angels We Have Heard on High", and several others.
The Herald Angels Sing/The Music Of Christmas"(Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelson, Chapman) – 6:43 "Christmas Is All In The Heart" (feat. CeCe Winans) – 5:15 "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Edward Shippen Barnes) – 5:39 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (John Mason Neale, Henry Sloane Coffin) – 3:28 "Our God Is With Us" (Chapman, Michael W. Smith ...
The Dawn of Grace was produced by Steve Hindalong and consists of eight traditional Christmas songs, including "Angels We Have Heard on High" and "Silent Night", featuring guest vocalist Dan Haseltine of Jars of Clay, and two original Sixpence Christmas tunes called "The Last Christmas" and "Christmas for Two".
Angels We Have Heard on High; Anima Christi (Soul of my Saviour) Asperges me; As a Deer; As I Kneel Before You (also known as Maria Parkinson's Ave Maria) At That First Eucharist; At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing; At the Name of Jesus; Attende Domine; Aurora lucis rutilat; Ave Maria; Ave maris stella; Ave Sanctissima [2] Ave verum corpus