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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]
A fact from We Three Kings appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 January 2014 (check views).The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the carol "We Three Kings" (Magi pictured) was the first American Christmas carol to be featured in the "prestigious" and "influential" British collection Christmas Carols Old and New?
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).
Alison Krauss – vocals on "Colorado Christmas", fiddle on "We Three Kings" John McEuen – 5-string banjo on "Colorado Christmas" and "We Three Kings", mandolin on "Colorado Christmas" Richie Furay – vocals on "One Christmas Tree" and "This Christmas Morning" Vassar Clements – fiddle on "Christmas Dinner"
Winter's Majesty is the seventeenth album by Nox Arcana, concluding their winter-themed trilogy, which also includes Winter's Knight (2005) and Winter's Eve (2009). [1]The music on this album features original and traditional holiday songs, including an instrumental version of "We Three Kings" and a new rendition of "Scarborough Fair" which is presented as a ghost-story with original lyrics ...
Stephen "Steve" Ouimette (born June 18, 1968) is an American rock guitarist. He is known for performing a cover version of the hit song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (which was originally by the Charlie Daniels Band) for the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, in which the parts played on the fiddle are instead played on an electric guitar by Ouimette, Ed DeGenaro and Geoff Tyson ...
1827 publication of the melody, set to satirical lyrics by William Hone An early version of this carol is found in an anonymous manuscript, dating from the 1650s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It contains a slightly different version of the first line from that found in later texts, with the first line "Sit yo w merry gentlemen" (also transcribed "Sit you ...