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"While shepherds watched their flocks"[1] is a Christmas carol describing the Annunciation to the Shepherds, with words attributed to Irish hymnist, lyricist and England's Poet Laureate Nahum Tate.[2]. had seized their troubled mind;
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The exact date of Tate's composition is not known, but the words appeared in Tate and Nicholas Brady's 1700 supplement to their New Version of the Psalms of David of 1696. and this shall be the sign:
The hymn, whose words are attributed to Irish lyricist Nahum Tate (1652–1715), has been set to a number of different tunes. [12] It was originally set to the words 'Grace 'tis a charming sound' written by Philip Doddridge but is now better known in the UK as the tune of On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at.
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks: | | ||| | "Song of the Angels at the Nativity of our Blessed Sav... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. [7], A 19th century version by Gottfried W. Fink was While humble shepherds watched their flocks and other rewritten passages (see illustration). is born of David's line
a Savior, who is Christ the Lord;
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[6] The tune and hymn text were probably first published together in an arrangement by William Henry Monk for Hymns Ancient and Modern in 1861.
Had seized their troubled mind; “Glad tidings of great joy I bring. Robert Jackson, parish organist at All Saints‘ Church, Oldham, Lancashire, wrote a tune to "While shepherds watched their flocks by night" in 1903 for the Westwood Moravian Church there. It has been set to numerous other tunes, most commonly "Martyrdom", written by Hugh Wilson in 1800 but with an arrangement by Ralph E. Hudson from around 1885, and "Shackelford" by Frederick Henry Cheeswright from 1889. and glory shone around. "The heavenly Babe you there shall find
It is written in common metre and based on the Gospel of Luke 2:8–14. The hymn tune "Cranbrook" was written in 1805 by Canterbury shoe-maker Thomas Clark and named after the local village of Cranbrook. In Tate's original it appeared as Whilst Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (i.e. endobj
The Hymnal 1982 published in the United States also contained a number of other modernisations, including dropping " Hallelujah " as the final line. endobj
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"While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (arr. [15], The title in the supplement was "Song of the Angels at the Nativity of our Blessed Saviour", but it has since become known chiefly by its incipit. /Font <>
[2] The carol is sung to a wide variety of tunes, the two most common ones being Winchester Old in the United Kingdom and a variation on a Handel aria arranged by Lowell Mason in the United States. /Type /Page
It was the only Christmas hymn authorised to be sung by the Anglican Church; before 1700 only the Psalms of David were permitted to be sung. and in a manger laid." While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
[14] In the towns of villages in the Pennines of West Yorkshire such as Todmorden, "Shaw Lane" is used. "Sweet Chiming Bells" is an alternative folk version, commonly sung in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, which uses the verses of the hymn but adds a new refrain.
A 19th century version by Gottfried W. Fink was While humble shepherds watched their flocks and other rewritten passages (see illustration). Trepte)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=While_shepherds_watched_their_flocks&oldid=962382210, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 13 June 2020, at 18:35.
". To you and all mankind.” 2. The Hymnal 1982 published in the United States also contained a number of other modernisations, including dropping "Hallelujah" as the final line.
While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground, the angel of the Lord came down, and glory shone around. good will henceforth from heaven to me
The Shepherds and the Angels 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. American composer Daniel Read published his tune "Sherburne" in 1785, a popular setting that appeared over seventy times in print before 1810 and is still commonly sung by Sacred Harp singers. 4 0 obj
This was because most carols, which had roots in folk music, were considered too secular and thus not used in church services until the end of the 18th century. "Glad tidings of great joy I bring
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We give you 3 pages notes partial preview, in order to continue read the entire While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks sheet music you need to signup, download music sheet notes in … This tune was, in turn, arranged from chapter VIII of Cambridgeshire composer Christopher Tye's setting of the Acts of the Apostles in 1553. While shepherds watch’d their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. The editors of the English Hymnal noting that "it is impossible to print all the tunes which are traditionally sung to this hymn". to you and all mankind. "To you, in David's town, this day It was clearly while shepherds wash their flocks by night, because obviously you have to keep your sheep clean, especially if Jesus is coming. Called "Jackson's Tune," it remains popular there. It was set to music in 1812 in Harmonia Sacra. [16], Also known as "Whilst shepherds watched their flocks" or "The Vision of the Shepherds (, N Temperley, "Kindred and Affinity in Hymn Tunes" in, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks – Sandys, Carol 'While Shepherds Watch' was sung to 'Ilkley Moor' tune, "While Humble Shepherds Watched Their Flocks". [8] The Presbyterian Hymnal (1990) and the more recent Glory to God hymnal published in 2013 by the Presbyterian Church (USA) include both the "Winchester Old" and "Christmas" versions,[9][10] while the Episcopal Hymnal 1982 has "Winchester Old" and an alternate tune, "Hampton", composed by McNeil Robinson in 1985.[11]. all seated on the ground,
of angels praising God, who thus
Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith
8 And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
[4], David Weyman's adaptation of "Christmas", taken from an aria in the 1728 opera Siroe by George Frideric Handel was arranged by Lowell Mason in 1821, and it is now this version which is most commonly used in the United States. [13] In Cornwall, the carol is popularly sung to "Lyngham", a tune usually associated with "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing". Download While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks sheet music PDF that you can try for free. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI]
Another tune traditionally used for it in Cornwall is "Northrop".