A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools ‎#218

218. O come, O come, Emmanuel

Text Information

• First Line: O come, O come, Emmanuel
• Title: O come, O come, Emmanuel
• Latin Title: Veni, veni, Emmanuel
• Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice!
• Meter: 8888 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1992
• Topic: Promise and Fulfillment
• Source: from Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Cologne, 1710; based on the ancient "O Antiphons" of Advent Vespers; translation adapted from The Hymnal 1982

Tune Information

• Name: VENI EMMANUEL
• Harmonizer: Richard Proulx (1975)
• Meter: 8888 with refrain
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: melody from a 15th-century French Processional
• Copyright: Harmonization copyright 1975 by GIA Publications, Inc.