Cantique de Noel

  




As it’s December, I’ve decided to use Christmas/Holiday Hymns this month.  Today’s hymn is one of my favorites of all time. 

Wikipedia tells us this about the hymn:

"O Holy Night" (also known as "Cantique de Noël") is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians) by poet Placide Cappeau (1808–1877). The carol reflects on the birth of Jesus as humanity's redemption. 

In Roquemaure at the end of 1843, the church organ had recently been renovated. To celebrate the event, the parish priest persuaded poet Placide Cappeau, a native of the town, to write a Christmas poem. Soon afterwards that same year, Adolphe Adam composed the music. The song was premiered in Roquemaure in 1847 by the opera singer Emily Laurey. Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight's Journal of Music, translated the song into English in 1855.






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Comments

  1. A beautiful carol, even when Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti don't sing it.

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