Hark! the herald angels sing (Felix Mendelssohn)
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In English
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-12-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 47 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with four-part harmony and underlaid words in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-12-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 129 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard, melody with words.
- Editor: Henk Vogel (submitted 2020-01-27). Score information: A4, 3 pages Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Another Descant for 'Hark! the herald angels sing' (or in Dutch: 'Hoor, de engelen zingen de eer') with organ accompaniment.
- Editor: Henk Vogel (submitted 2020-01-27). Score information: A4, 3 pages Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Descant for 'Hark! the herald angels sing' (or in Dutch: 'Hoor, de engelen zingen de eer') with organ accompaniment.
- Editor: Francis Melville (submitted 2018-07-22). Score information: A4, 1 page, 34 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: SATB unaccompanied
- Arranger: Francis Melville
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2017-11-20). Score information: A4, 1 page, 51 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
- Editor: Micah Brandhandler (submitted 2010-04-22). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 37 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Melody only. Contains two verses only, the second of which varies Wesley's 6 & 5. This version is derived from the 1917 edition of "55 Songs and Choruses for Community Singing".
- Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2008-12-31). Score information: A4, 1 page, 28 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Reinhold Kainhofer (submitted 2007-07-25). Score information: A4, 1 page, 149 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Arrangement by William H. Cummings, 1856
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2006-10-12). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 114 kB Copyright: Personal This edition may be freely copied, distributed, perfomed or recorded. Please inform the arranger of any performances of this work.
- Edition notes: Double descants (for ST, SS, or TT) by the arranger. Text as given in The Hymnal 1982 of The Episcopal Church
- Arranger: Charles H. Giffen
- Editor: Andrew Hawryluk (submitted 2006-05-06). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 108 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: arranged for TTBB voices.
- Arranger: Andrew Hawryluk
- Editor: Edward L. Stauff (submitted 2004-05-20). Score information: Letter, 1 page Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27). Copyright: CC BY 1.0
- Edition notes: adapted by William H. Cummings
In German, "Gott sei Dank, durch alle Welt"
- Editor: Johannes Becker (submitted 2013-11-07). Score information: A4, 1 page, 55 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Arr.: William H. Cummings, 1856. German words by Martin Held, 1658.
In Spanish, "Gloria al Niño"
- Editor: Jose Miguel Galan (submitted 2004-01-14). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 65 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Abel Di Marco (submitted 2001-03-23). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 6.64 MB Copyright: Personal
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In Latvian, "Debespulks dzied apstarots"
- Editor: Andris Solims (submitted 2009-01-28). Score information: A4, 1 page, 91 kB Copyright: Religious
- Edition notes: Latvian title: Debespulks dzied apstarots.
General Information
Title: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
, TTBB
Genre: Sacred, Carol, Descant Meter: 77. 77. D with refrain
Languages: English, Spanish, German
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published: 1840
2nd published: 1983 in Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard, no. 35
Description: Music by Felix Mendelssohn, Part 2 of the Gutenberg Cantata, scored for male chorus with two brass orchestras and timpani. Part 2, beginning "Vaterland, in deinen Gauen", is derived from the Gavotte (movement 3) from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 4, BWV 1069. The music was arranged in 19th-century "hymn" style for SATB by William H. Cummings in 1860. Words by Charles Wesley, Hymn for Christmas Day in Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739. Mendelssohn instructed that this song could be used with other words, as long as they were not religious, and Charles Wesley had wanted music that was more somber in tone; so the combination of these words with this tune runs against the desires of both composer and lyricist.
View the Wikipedia article on Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
See also:
- An arrangement of Gavotte from J. S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D which sets the same text and has a very similar melody.
- Christmas Songbook: As with gladness men of old (Hark! the herald angels sing) (Felix Mendelssohn) in an arrangement by M. Ryan Taylor; and Hark! How all the welkin rings (Harry Ellis Wooldridge) (different tune and harmonization, with original Wesley text).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Hark! the herald angels sing.
- Posted in December 2020
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