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The poem has been set to music as a Christmas carol by many composers including R O Morris, Harold Darke, Leo Sowerby, John Kelsall and John Rutter [2] and is also sung to the traditional Irish melody "Garton". [3] More recently, the poem was given a modern treatment by Jars of Clay on its 2007 album, Christmas Songs. [4]
"The Dream Isaiah Saw" is a contemporary classical choral Christmas song, commissioned by the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh and composed in 2001 by Glenn L. Rudolph to the lyrics of Thomas H. Troeger's 1994 hymn "Lions and Oxen Will Feed in the Hay." It has become a holiday favorite.
Sophie Hannah was born in Manchester, England; her mother is the author Adèle Geras. She attended Beaver Road Primary School in Didsbury and the University of Manchester . From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge , and between 1999 and 2001 a junior research fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford .
Behold, the history and fun facts behind everyone's favorite festive poem, along with all of the words to read aloud to your family this Christmas. Related: 50 Best 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Quotes
An Appointment with Mr Yeats" by The Waterboys is an album of Yeats poems set to song. The poem "Down by the Salley Gardens" was based by Yeats on a fragment of a song he heard an old woman singing. Yeats' words have been recorded as a song by many performers. The song "A Bad Dream" by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His ...
"I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In)" is an English Christmas carol, listed as number 700 in the Roud Folk Song Index.The earliest printed version of "I Saw Three Ships" is from the 17th century, possibly Derbyshire, and was also published by William Sandys in 1833.
The song has also been covered by numerous artists, including Ella Fitzgerald in 1959, [2] Johnny Mathis (for his album Sounds of Christmas) in 1963, and Julie Andrews (for her album Christmas with Julie Andrews) in 1982. [3] The Nylons recorded the song for their album Harmony: The Christmas Songs (1994). [4]
Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation While Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have called it quits, their whirlwind romance will live on in the Jonas Brothers song “Hesitate.”