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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Christmas (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)''<br> | |||
'''Composer:''' [[George Frederic Handel]]<br> | |||
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{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | |||
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[Carols]] <br> | '''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[Carols]] <br> | ||
{{Language|English}} | |||
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'''Published:''' Boston Handel & Haydn Society Collection of Church Music (1821)<br> | |||
'''Description:''' | |||
'''External websites:''' | |||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English}} | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]][[Category:Sacred music]][[Category:Carols]][[Category:Christmas]] | |||
::::''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> | |||
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[[Category:Sacred music]] | |||
[[Category:Carols]] | |||
[[Category:Christmas]] | |||
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- CPDL #1788: GIF
- Editor: Christopher R. Baker - Online Christmas Songbook (added 2000-11-27). Score information: Copyright: other
- Edition notes: adapted by Lowell Mason
General Information
Title: Christmas (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)
Composer: George Frederic Handel
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carols
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Boston Handel & Haydn Society Collection of Church Music (1821)
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
- 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.