U.S._Army_Band_-_Hark!_The_Herald_Angels_Sing.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 1 min 51 s, 123 kbps, file size: 1.63 MB)

Summary


Composer
Felix Mendelssohn (died 1847), arranged by William H. Cummings (died 1915)
Lyricist
Charles Wesley (died 1788), with revision by George Whitefield (died 1770)
Performance artist
United States Army Band (i.e. "Pershing's Own"), led by Thomas Rotondi, Jr. and Debra L. McGarity
Title
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
Description
English: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is an English Christmas carol which first appears in its modern form in 1850.

The original lyrics are adapted from Charles Wesley's 1739 hymn ""Hark! how all the welkin rings", set it to the same tune as Christ the Lord is Risen Today. George Whitefield altered the opening lyrics to the more familiar "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and various others also made small alterations in the following years.

In the early 1840s, Felix Mendelssohn wrote "Festgesang", a cantata in celebration of the presumed 400 year anniversary of Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press. The tune to the second part of this piece, "Vaterland, in deinen Gauen", was adapted to fit the revised Wesley lyrics in 1855 by William H. Cummings, assembling the hymn tune into its more-or-less final form.

It is performed by the chorus of U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own", led by Colonel Thomas Rotondi, Jr. (Leader & Commander) and CSM Debra L. McGarity (Command Sergeant Major) c. 2010.
Composition date 1840, arranged 1855
Performance date circa December 2010
date QS:P,+2010-12-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175141/http://www.usarmyband.com/Audio/christmas_with_the_chorus.html

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Performance and recording
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This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

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Composition
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The author died in 1847, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

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Lyrics
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The author died in 1788, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Arrangement
Public domain

The author died in 1915, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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