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==Music files==
==Music files==
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{{Editor|Christopher R. Baker|2000-11-27}}{{Copy|Personal}}
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Christopher R. Baker - Online Christmas Songbook|Christopher R. Baker - Online Christmas Songbook]] ''(added 2000-11-27)''.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Score information:''' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{Copy|Personal}}
:'''Edition notes:''' adapted by Lowell Mason
:'''Edition notes:''' adapted by Lowell Mason


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Christmas (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)''<br>
'''Title:''' ''While shepherds watched their flocks''<br>
'''Composer:''' [[George Frideric Handel]]<br>
{{Composer|George Frideric Handel}}
{{Lyricist|Nahum Tate}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Sacred| music}}, [[Carols]] <br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Carols}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:''' Boston Handel & Haydn Society Collection of Church Music (1821)<br>
{{Pub|1|1821|in ''Collection of Church Music'', Boston Handel & Haydn Society.}}


'''Description:'''  
'''Description:'''  


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
{{LinkText|While shepherds watched their flocks by night}}
 
{{Text|English}}
 
 
::::''1.''
:While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
:All seated on the ground,
:The angel of the Lord came down,
:And glory shone around,
:And glory shone around.
 
::::''2.''
:“Fear not!” said he, for mighty dread
:Had seized their troubled mind.
:“Glad tidings of great joy I bring
:To you and all mankind
:To you and all mankind.
 
::::''3.''
:“To you, in David’s town, this day
:Is born of David’s line
:A Savior, who is Christ the Lord,
:And this shall be the sign,
:And this shall be the sign.
 
::::''4.''
:“The heavenly Babe you there shall find
:To human view displayed,
:All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
:And in a manger laid,
:And in a manger laid.”
 
::::''5.''
:Thus spake the seraph and forthwith
:Appeared a shining throng
:Of angels praising God on high,
:Who thus addressed their song,
:Who thus addressed their song.
 
::::''6.''
:“All glory be to God on high,
:And to the Earth be peace;
:Good will henceforth from Heaven to men
:Begin and never cease,
:Begin and never cease!”
 
:Words: ''' Na­hum Tate, 1700; ''' first ap­peared in Tate and '' Bra­dy’s Psalter, 1702. '' <br>
 
 
 


[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Carols]]
[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Baroque music]]
[[Category:Baroque music]]

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Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27).   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: adapted by Lowell Mason

General Information

Title: While shepherds watched their flocks
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Lyricist: Nahum Tate

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredCarol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1821 in Collection of Church Music, Boston Handel & Haydn Society

Description:

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at While shepherds watched their flocks by night.