- Music written by
- Felix Mendelssohn [DE]
- Lyrics written by
- Charles Wesley
- Language
- English
- Tags
- christmas song
- Comments
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Words: originally 'Hark! How All the Welkin Rings', written by Charles Wesley in 1739. Amended by at least two writers: George Whitfield in 1753; and Martin Madan in 1760.
Music: written by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840 (the 'Gott ist Licht' ('God is Light') chorus from the Festgesang ('Festival Song') cantata celebrating the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press).
Words and music brought together by William Hayman Cummings in 1855. First performed by the choir at Waltham Abbey, where Cummings was organist. - Licensing
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Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing written by Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn [DE] English July 1904
- 新生王 {Shinsei-ō} written by Liu Ting-Fang Chinese December 1968 — Mandarin
- Sláva glóry written by Eduard Krečmar Czech 1995
- Slyš, andělé zpívají written by Radůza Czech October 27, 2017
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing written by Josh Caterer English November 15, 2011
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (In excelsis deo) written by Rob Hawkins, Caleb Grimm English November 20, 2020 — newly composed additional part added, In excelsis deo
- Friðarjól (Friður, friður frelsarans) written by Ingólfur Jónsson frá Prestbakka Icelandic
Partial adaptations
A partial adaptation is a musical work which integrates only a part of another musical work, and this part is only a fragment of the new musical work.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing written by Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn [DE]
- A Christmas Carol written by Tom Lehrer English