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The historic meaning of the phrase "God rest you merry" is 'may God grant you peace and happiness'; the Oxford English Dictionary records uses of this phrase from 1534 onwards. It appears in Shakespeare 's play As You Like It [ 20 ] and the phrase "rest you merry" appears in Romeo and Juliet ; [ 21 ] both plays date from the 1590s.
The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell (1883–1939) [1] is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell, a lecturer at the University of Bristol from 1909, [2] arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers as an elaborate four-part arrangement, which he performed with them in concert on December 6, 1935. [3]
To bear good news to every home; Glad tidings of great joy I bring Whereof I now will say and sing: To you this night is born a child Of Mary, chosen mother mild; This little child, of lowly birth, Shall be the joy of all your earth. 'Tis Christ our God who far on high Hath heard your sad and bitter cry; Himself will your Salvation be,
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion As if the good news was spreading, the solo alto begins "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" ( Isaiah 40:9 ), and is taken over by the chorus. It is the first music in a swinging 6/8 time.
Back in the 1980s, during a holiday get-together, one of the family elders, who was known for sweeping declarations, made a sweeping declaration: "You can't be a Republican," she said, "and be a ...
Lyrics usually include the line (or a slight variation): "The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies; she brings us glad tidings, and she tells us no lies." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Thomas Goldsmith of The Raleigh News & Observer , "The Cuckoo" is an interior monologue where the singer "relates his desires — to gamble, to win, to ...
But as those old folktales have fallen away and been forgotten, more and more people have come to see the winged wonders as messengers of glad tidings, much like cardinals, or even the angel ...
As we wave goodbye to 2024 and start a new year, now is a sensible time to take stock of our finances. Becoming financially healthy may be a popular New Year’s resolution, but before we can take ...