Let's get acquainted with Christmas carols

A Christmas carol is a song whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas. People sing them at night.

 

Start with... God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen is an English traditional Christmas carol. It is one of the oldest extant carols, dated to the 16th century or earlier. The earliest known printed edition of the carol is in a broadsheet dated to 1760.

 

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is a Christmas carol. The original hymn was composed as a "Hymn for Christmas-Day" by Charles Wesley in 1739. Wesley's original hymn began with the opening line "Hark how all the Welkin rings." This was changed to the familiar "Hark! the Herald Angels sing" by George Whitefield in 1754. A second change was made in the 1782 publication of the Tate and Brady New version of the Psalms of David.

 

 



 

 

In my opinion, this music is very similar to the Russian church chants.