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The song is mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses (1922). [5] It gained renewed popularity when it was sung by Jeanette MacDonald in the 1936 hit film San Francisco . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The melody formed the basis of a Spiritual titled Hosanna , which in turn was the basis for the opening of Duke Ellington 's " Black and Tan Fantasy ".
This list of best Easter songs and albums, including favorites performed by contemporary Christian artists (plenty of Hillsong Worship and Chris Tomlin), gospel greats, world-renowned choirs, and ...
The poem was written in 1919 in the aftermath of the First World War [4] and the beginning of the Irish War of Independence in January 1919, which followed the Easter Rising in April 1916, and before the British government had decided to send in the Black and Tans to Ireland. Yeats used the phrase "the second birth" instead of "the Second ...
“Journey to Bethlehem” is first and foremost a family movie, and though its music sounds a little too early-aughts to become a classic, it fills a crèche-shaped niche in the current ...
"Easter hymn" English 1739 "Christus ist erstanden! O tönt" Christ is risen! O sound Johann Weinzierl: Schniebel, Paul German 1826 paraphrase of Victimae paschali laudes "Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron" Praised be God on highest throne Michael Weiße: Melchior Vulpius: German 1531 / 1609 melody later "Ihr Christen, singet hocherfreut"
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Some Christmas carols refer to the biblical Magi or Three Kings, especially hymns meant to be sung by the star singers, such as "Stern über Bethlehem". Peter Cornelius composed a song cycle, Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8, which contain the song "Die Könige" (The Kings), which became popular in an English choral arrangement, "The Three Kings".
The song talks about today's Christian life as one that border Heaven and from where one can almost see Heaven. It speaks of a place of victory and fellowship with God. [2] Stites explained the hymn's origins: It was in 1876 that I wrote "Beulah Land". I could write only two verses and the chorus, when I was overcome and fell on my face.