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When we hear the music bright we will sing Noel this night, When we hear the fife and drum, Christmas should be frolicsome. Thus the men of olden days for the King of Kings to praise, When they heard the fife and drum, tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan, When they hear the fife and drum, sure, our children won't be dumb. God and man are now become
"Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" ("French: Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle") is a Christmas carol which originated from the Provence region of France in the 17th century. The carol was first published in France, and was subsequently translated into English in the 18th century.
"Quelle est cette odeur agréable?" (What is this perfume so appealing?) is a 17th-century [1] traditional French Christmas carol about the Nativity.. John Gay used the melody of this carol for the song and chorus "Fill ev'ry Glass" in act 2, scene 1, in his 1728 work The Beggar's Opera. [2]
In fact, in French, Joyeux Noel means "Merry Christmas." Related: These 100+ Holiday-inspired Baby Names and Their Meanings Are Perfectly Festive for Your Little Blessing Noel Is a Popular Baby Name
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 March of the Kings or The March of the Wise Men (French: La Marche des rois or La marche des Rois mages; Provençal: La Marcha dei reis) is a popular Christmas carol of provençal origin celebrating the Epiphany and the Wise Men. Recognition of the theme spread outside Provence when Georges Bizet used it in his incidental music for Arlésienne.
“Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, and white aligns with God’s promise of life everlasting and the purity, hope and goodness that Jesus’ life and death represent,” Sawaya says.
L'église Saint-Louis. Charpentier composed the Messe de minuit pour Noël c. 1694 for the Jesuit church of the Église Saint-Louis in Paris where he was music director. He upheld a longstanding tradition for this mass to be celebrated around midnight as the first of three on Christmas Day: to base the music on melodies of French noëls (Christmas carols).