While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night composed by Christmasĭescription: While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night for Piano and Voice. Original text and translations may be found at While shepherds watched their flocks by night. External websites: Original text and translations. In many ways, the story of this hymn from the late seventeenth and. In adapting it to Common Meter texts such as While shepherds watched their flocks by night or On Ilkla Moor Baht at, two slurs are removed from the first line. Congregations sometimes have difficulty giving up a familiar older hymnal when a new one arrives on the scene. In the U.S., the tune most widely paired with Tate’s words is one adapted from a melody in the opera Siroë, King of Persia, composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759. WORDS: NAHUM TATE MUSIC: TUNE – WINCHESTER OLD, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS ESTE ALTERNATE TUNE – CHRISTMAS, BY GEORGE F. While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night was sung to a wide variety of tunes over 100 have been identified in printed sources, and there were probably more. How sad that this should be the life’s ending of someone who contributed so much to congregational singing in the Protestant Church! Let’s remember him for this familiar retelling in song of the story of the first Christmas. 'Glad tidings of great joy I bring to all of humankind, to all of humankind. 'Fear not' said he, for mighty dread had seized their troubled mind. 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 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. Unfortunately, Tate led a somewhat disreputable lifestyle and he died a drunkard in a debtors’ prison. 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. Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer.
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. He continued in this position into the reign of Queen Anne. 1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground, an angel of the Lord came down, and glory shone around. Fear not said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. In 1702 he was appointed Royal Historiographer. mid While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. Nahum Tate was a talented playwright and poet, and in 1692 he was appointed Poet Laureate of England. Quite revolutionary changes to the style of hymn singing. The above carol, however, is the only song from that book still used today. Had seiz'd their troubled Mind) Glad Tidings of great Joy I bring. While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. The hymn book was called New Version Psaltery. While Shepherds watch'd their Flocks by Night, All seated on the Ground, The Angel of the Lord came down, And Glory Shone all around. Although the new hymns were opposed at first by some, they were soon given royal endorsement by William and Mary of England and gradually were accepted by congregations. They knew that many church members were displeased with the chant-style settings of Psalms, and so they wrote and published some hymns of their own. The author, Nahum Tate, worked with his friend, Nicholas Brady, to bring about quite revolutionary changes to the style of hymn singing used in their day – the 17th century. This is one of the oldest traditional carols that we sing today. While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around.
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
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