tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post8581708923837461468..comments2023-12-03T03:04:42.826-05:00Comments on Conjubilant with Song: The World In Solemn Stillness LayC.W.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-40064506375324077072009-01-06T16:29:00.000-05:002009-01-06T16:29:00.000-05:00Very rich and interesting articles, good BLOG!Very rich and interesting articles, good BLOG!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-23469511183040885922008-12-25T16:14:00.000-05:002008-12-25T16:14:00.000-05:00I know folks who would say it's not a proper Chris...I know folks who would say it's not a proper Christmas hymn at all, because the Christ it honors is a false Christ, not God the Son (Sears having been a Unitarian). Luckily I'm heterodox myself, and don't need to agree with such idiocy.<BR/><BR/>It's a great Christmas hymn, and I think it's best with all five verses. In my tabulation to date it occurs 30 times to <I>Carol</I> and 2 times to <I>Noel</I> (in both cases—<I>Yale New Hymnal</I> and <I>Hymnal 1940</I>—it is also set to <I>Carol</I>); four hymnals only set three verses of it, and four give all five; the others were all content with four, to (I say) their users' impoverishment.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, <I>Carol</I> is given in <I>Hymnal 1940</I> as a second tune for "While shepherds watched their flocks by night".<BR/><BR/>Leland aka HaruoLeland Bryant Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211499185401035099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-52312469608071508882008-12-25T14:51:00.000-05:002008-12-25T14:51:00.000-05:00Thanks Dorothy, I wish the same to you and your fa...Thanks Dorothy, I wish the same to you and your family (and to all my other readers, silent or not).C.W.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-47026381149550530882008-12-25T12:53:00.000-05:002008-12-25T12:53:00.000-05:00It may not specifically mention the birth of Chris...It may not specifically mention the birth of Christ but I still think of "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" as a perfect Christmas hymn. <BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas, C.W.S., to you and yours!Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02432234458348984602noreply@blogger.com