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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Music of the Christmas Season - Fifth Post
Robert Shaw Chorale
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel carol was originally written in Latin text in the 12th Century. The author of the words and composer to the music is unknown. It is, however believed that the melody was of French origin and added to the text a hundred years later. The Latin was translated into English by John Mason Neale in 1851. www.carols.org.uk
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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan's tyranny From depths of Hell Thy people save And give them victory o'er the grave Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death's dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heavenly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, O come, Thou Lord of might, Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height, In ancient times did'st give the Law, In cloud, and majesty and awe. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
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This song is sung across the nations by Christians who are waiting for Christmas day, the day we celebrate the Christ child's birth. For me this song exemplifies like no other the longing for the Christ child, and the need of the Saviour in our lives.
Linking to Ginger's and Charlotte's Spiritual Sundays. These two ladies provide a place on the net for spiritual writings, comments, videos and music.
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This has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs. That's interesting that so little is known about its origin and composer. Happy Spirtitual Sunday :)
HI Mya...I've always loved this song even before I understood what they were singing about. I was raised Jewish and when we went moved over to the public school system from the Jewish one...at christmas...they would sing this...and it even though I had no idea what it meant...I loved it. Thanks for posting it. Have a great weekend.
That was so beautiful. I have not heard it in such a long time . I have enjoyed all the music you have posted and listened to it many times. Have a lovely Christmas. Dottie
That is one of my favorite Christmas praise and worship hymn songs! I love the traditional version as well as the many lovely contemporary versions. Thank you for this information about it. :)
Mya thank you for bringing us such beautiful music...wishing you peace, joy and happiness and am so grateful to be sharing the blessings of our Savior. (())
The versions we both shared of this song were quite different, weren't they? (see my latest post) :) In my opinion, they are both beautiful in their own way. I do love the purity of accapella music ... hard to beat!
Because this site is about anything that might interest me, you will not find a particular theme that runs through it. Eclectic sounds better than scatterbrain.
We sing that at church each Sunday during the Advent season. Such a beautiful hymn of praise.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing a beautiful tribute to the King of kings. There is reason for me to rejoice; the reason is Christ.
The history of this song conveys the sincerity and joy that the birth of Christ inspires.
Blessings and peace.
MTJ
This has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs. That's interesting that so little is known about its origin and composer.
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This is one of my favorite hymns at Christmas! Wishing you a blessed Christmas.
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HI Mya...I've always loved this song even before I understood what they were singing about. I was raised Jewish and when we went moved over to the public school system from the Jewish one...at christmas...they would sing this...and it even though I had no idea what it meant...I loved it. Thanks for posting it. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI love this song. In fact, I've had it on my mind for days and go around singing or humming it.
ReplyDeleteBlessings for a Merry Christmas.
Charlotte
That was so beautiful. I have not heard it in such a long time . I have enjoyed all the music you have posted and listened to it many times. Have a lovely Christmas. Dottie
ReplyDeleteThey perform it so beautifully! Thanks for sharing and stopping by! (((HUGS)))
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words and melody..Judy (no gimmicks required)
ReplyDeleteThat is one of my favorite Christmas praise and worship hymn songs! I love the traditional version as well as the many lovely contemporary versions. Thank you for this information about it. :)
ReplyDeleteMya thank you for bringing us such beautiful music...wishing you peace, joy and happiness and am so grateful to be sharing the blessings of our Savior.
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Thanks for sharing one of the all time great Christmas hymns.
ReplyDeleteMya, I hope you and your family have a Wonderful Christmas :-)
God Bless You, ~Ron
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The versions we both shared of this song were quite different, weren't they? (see my latest post) :) In my opinion, they are both beautiful in their own way. I do love the purity of accapella music ... hard to beat!
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