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The Herald Angels Sing" is an English Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems. The carol, based on Luke 2:14 , tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God.
All songs written and/or arranged by Steven Curtis Chapman, except where noted. "Hark!The Herald Angels Sing/The Music Of Christmas"(Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelson, Chapman) – 6:43
Charles Wesley wrote texts for at least three Christmas carols, of which the best known was originally entitled "Hark! How All the Welkin Rings", later edited to "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing". [15] A tune from a cantata, Festgesang, by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840 was adapted by William H. Cummings to fit Wesley's words. This combination first ...
Angels We Have Heard on High, Away in a Manger, Away in a Manger (to the tune of Flow Gently, Sweet Afton), The First Noel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, O Little Town of Bethlehem, We Three Kings of Orient Are, What Child is This (Greensleeves) (Boosey & Hawkes) Short Fantasies on:
— Hark! the Herald Angels Sing — Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - Angels We Have Heard on High. Suite Four. Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heav’nly Light - The First Nowell — O Little Town of Bethlehem - I Saw Three Ships - Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" *music: Felix Mendelssohn, words: Charles Wesley, amended by George Whitefield and Martin Madan: 1739 originally as part of Festgesang, adapted and harmonised by William Hayman Cummings; descant for verse 3 added in 1961 by Sir David Willcocks for the Carols for Choirs books "Here We Come A-wassailing" English ...
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (vers. 1) Sissel Kyrkjebø Charles Wesley: Christmas in Vienna III: 1995 [25] "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (vers. 2) Sissel Kyrkjebø Charles Wesley: Julekonserten: 1996 [55] "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (vers. 3) Sissel Kyrkjebø The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Charles Wesley: Spirit of the Season: 2007 [16]
Part 2, beginning "Vaterland, in deinen Gauen", was later adapted to the words of Charles Wesley’s Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing " (against Wesley's original request, as he had originally wanted more somber music, though he had been long deceased by this point).