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The "meane" of chapter VIII in Christopher Tye's Actes of the Apostles of 1553.The latter half was adapted and used as the tune of "Winchester Old". "While shepherds watched their flocks" [1] is a traditional Christmas carol describing the Annunciation to the Shepherds, with words attributed to Irish hymnist, lyricist and England's Poet Laureate Nahum Tate. [2]
In order to fit, the third line is sung twice and the fourth three times as in "Grace 'tis a charming sound", "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" and "On Ilkla Moor baht 'at". Thomas Clark was a regular visitor to Cranbrook, Kent in the 1790s, and may have composed the tune there, possibly with the help of a local schoolmaster, John Francis.
A Wassail song from the Devon village of Jacobstowe, from the Baring-Gould collection. "Awake Awake (New Years Carol)" (Traditional, Roud 701) (4:06) Not the same song as the one by Steeleye Span. "Diadem" (Traditional, Roud 17726) (3:28) A song from Yorkshire where Christ is portrayed as a king. "Jolly Old Hawk" (Traditional, Roud 1048) (2:51)
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!" (adapted by W. H. Cummings, music by Felix Mendelssohn, words by Charles Wesley) [1:42] "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" (arranged by Arthur Warrell) [2:12] "The Coventry Carol" (arranged by Bryceson Treharne) [3:32] Side 2 "Silent Night, Holy Night" (music by Franz Gruber, words by Josef Mohr) [3:15]
Nymphs and Shepherds" is a song by the English composer Henry Purcell, from the play The Libertine by Thomas Shadwell. [1] When the play was first performed, in 1675, the accompanying music was by William Turner. Purcell's music was first used in either 1692 or 1695; the musicologist Ian Spink has concluded that the latter year is the more ...
Carols for Choirs was an instant success and became OUP Music Department's best-selling title, with over a million copies being sold. [2] OUP were keen to commission a second volume, but after the death of Jacques in 1969, a new editor had to be found to support Willcocks, and an undergraduate at Cambridge University , John Rutter , was recruited.
Shepherd considers that he approaches guitars "like a horn section", split between rhythm and lead, while "Bass is more fluid; you're a lot more free to do stuff because it's a song within a song". Rather than the more common practice of synchronizing with the drummer, Shepherd's preference is to play the bass along to the vocals, as "it helps ...
"Good Shepherd" originated in a very early 19th century hymn written by the Methodist minister Reverend John Adam Granade (1770–1807), "Let Thy Kingdom, Blessed Savior". [1] [2] [3] Granade was a significant figure of the Great Revival in the American West during the 19th century's first decade, as the most important author of camp meeting hymns during that time. [4]