Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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The song Hark! The Herald Angels Sing is a famous Christmas carol.

In Charles Wesley's lyrics, the original opening couplet was Hark! how all the welkin rings, Glory to the King of Kings.

The words sung nowadays are the result of alterations by various authors, among which George Whitfield (1714-1770), who modified the first verse to the familiar one we know today.

Mendelssohn's cantata was first presented at the great festival held at Leipzig to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.

Festgesang's second chorus, Vaterland, in deinem Gauen, was adapted in 1855 by William Hayman Cummings.

Details about Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Title : Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Subtitle : Hymn for Christmas Day
Composer : Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Catalog :
Style : Christmas Hymns & Carols
Composed/published : 1840
Original instrumentation : Piano

Sources : Words : Charles Wesley (1707-1788), Hark How All The Welkin Rings, in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739).
Music : Felix Mendelssohn, 1840, as part of the cantata entitled Festgesang an die Künstler [Festival Song] to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Johann Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.

Sheet music associated with Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Catalogue	Title	Key	Instrumentation
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	G Major	Piano
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	G Major	Violin and piano
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	G Major	Soprano voice and piano
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	D Major	Alto voice and piano
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	G Major	Viola and piano
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	C Major	Cello and piano
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	G Major	Violin duet
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	G Major	Violin and cello