Which famous Christmas carol is sung to a melody by Felix Mendelssohn?
a. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
b. Deck the Halls
c. Jingle Bells
d. Silent Night
The answer is A, Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is a Christmas hymn or carol written by Charles Wesley, brother of the Methodist movement founder John Wesley. It first appeared in Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739, under the topic of "Hymn for Christmas-Day". The original opening couplet was "Hark! how all the welkin rings / Glory to the King of Kings". The version known today is the result of alterations by various hands, most notably George Whitefield, Wesley's co-worker, who changed the opening couplet to the familiar one we know today. The tune that is normally used for this carol is based on a chorus composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840, part of his Festgesang (Gutenberg cantata) or Festgesang zur Eröffnung der am ersten Tage der vierten Säkularfeier der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst ("Festival Song .. to commemorate the invention of book printing"). This hymn was regarded as one of the Great Four Anglican Hymns and published as number 403 in "The Church Hymn Book" (New York and Chicago, USA, 1872).
a. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
b. Deck the Halls
c. Jingle Bells
d. Silent Night
The answer is A, Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is a Christmas hymn or carol written by Charles Wesley, brother of the Methodist movement founder John Wesley. It first appeared in Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739, under the topic of "Hymn for Christmas-Day". The original opening couplet was "Hark! how all the welkin rings / Glory to the King of Kings". The version known today is the result of alterations by various hands, most notably George Whitefield, Wesley's co-worker, who changed the opening couplet to the familiar one we know today. The tune that is normally used for this carol is based on a chorus composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840, part of his Festgesang (Gutenberg cantata) or Festgesang zur Eröffnung der am ersten Tage der vierten Säkularfeier der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst ("Festival Song .. to commemorate the invention of book printing"). This hymn was regarded as one of the Great Four Anglican Hymns and published as number 403 in "The Church Hymn Book" (New York and Chicago, USA, 1872).
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