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Source [2]. John Henry Hopkins Jr. organized the carol in such a way that three male voices would each sing a solo verse in order to correspond with the three kings. [3] The first and last verses of the carol are sung together by all three as "verses of praise", while the intermediate verses are sung individually with each king describing the gift he was bringing. [4]
We Three Kings is an album by the American folk trio the Roches, released in 1990. [3] [4] It is a collection of Christmas songs. [5] [6] The sisters wrote two of the album's 24 tracks. [7] We Three Kings is considered a classic of unconventional Christmas music. [8] [9] [10] [11]
John Henry Hopkins Jr. (October 28, 1820 – August 14, 1891) was an American clergyman and hymnodist, most famous for composing the song "We Three Kings of Orient Are" in 1857 (even though it does not appear in print until his Carols, Hymns, and Songs in 1863).
All three sisters periodically participated in New York-area events. At the end of 2005, the three Roches (with brother Dave) reunited for a short but successful holiday tour. Several more appearances in the U.S. and Canada took place in 2006–07, and in March 2007, after a 12-year hiatus, the Roches released a new studio album, Moonswept . [ 7 ]
"The Three Kings", [1] or "Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar", is a Christmas carol by the German composer Peter Cornelius. He set "Die Könige" for a vocal soloist, accompanied by Philip Nicolai's hymn "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How Brightly Shines the Morning Star"), which he erroneously thought was an Epiphany hymn.
We Three Kings" is a Christmas carol written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr. We Three Kings may also refer to: We Three Kings (The Reverend Horton Heat album) We Three Kings (The Roches album) We Three Kings (The Bob and Tom Show album)
Two very familiar Christmas carols are associated with the Epiphany holiday: "As with gladness, men of old", written by William Chatterton Dix in 1860 as a response to the many legends which had grown up surrounding the Magi; [86] [87] and "We Three Kings of Orient Are", written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins Jr. – then an ordained deacon ...
Three Kings is a 1999 American black comedy war film written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley.It stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze as four American soldiers on a gold heist that takes place during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein following the end of the First Gulf War.