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"Angels We Have Heard on High" is generally sung to the hymn tune "Gloria", a traditional French carol as arranged by Edward Shippen Barnes.Its most memorable feature is its chorus, "Gloria in excelsis Deo", where the "o" of "Gloria" is fluidly sustained through 16 notes of a rising and falling melismatic melodic sequence.
In the United Kingdom the hymn has nowadays come to be sung invariably to the same tune as the original French carol, "Iris" [3] (as published in the Oxford Book of Carols). [1] A variation of this tune, "Gloria", is used for the American carol Angels We Have Heard on High.
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
The melody in neume notation " Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is a Christian hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the "Minor Doxology" or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn [1] [2] /Hymn of the Angels. [3]
"The Angels Medley ("The First Noel" / "Angels We Have Heard on High" / "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing")" – 6:03; All split lead, with Michael singing lead predominantly "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" (Celine Dion, Ric Wake, Peter Zizzo) – 4:43; Sung by Jody "Jesus, Born on This Day" (Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey) – 4:25; Sung by ...
After this, a great many more angels appear, praising God with the words "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests." [ 2 ] Deciding to do as the angel had said, the shepherds travel to Bethlehem, and find Mary and Joseph and the infant Jesus lying in the manger , just as they had been told.
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Rutter, who composed many works to celebrate Christmas, wrote his own text for Angels' Carol, beginning "Have you heard the sound of the angel voices". [1] The text alludes to several aspects of the Christmas story, with the Latin refrain "Gloria in excelsis Deo" from the angels' song mentioned in the Gospel of Luke narration of the annunciation to the shepherds.