The United Methodist Hymnal ‎#211

211. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

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Text Information

• First Line: O come, O come, Emmanuel
• Title: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Translator (stanza 2): Henry Sloane Coffin (1916)
• Translator (st. 4, 5cd, 6ab, 7: Laurence Hull Stookey (1986)
• Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
• Meter: LM with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1989
• Topic: Christ's Gracious Life: Promised Coming; Christian Year: Advent; Freedom and Liberation; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ: Example; Joy; Justice; Light; Peace, World
• Source: 9th cent. Latin; Trans. stanzas 1, 3, 51b, 6cd, 7ab The Hymnal, 1940
• Copyright: Sts. 1, 3. 5ab, 6cd, 7ab © 1940, 1943, renewed 1981 The Church Pension Fund; Trans. sts. 4, 5cd, 6ab, 7cd © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House.; Antiphons © 1962 Sisters of St. Benedict.
• Notes: Includes antiphons that may be read before and between hymn stanzas

Tune Information

• Name: VENI EMMANUEL
• Arranger and Harmonizer: Thomas Helmore (1854)
• Meter: LM with Refrain
• Key: e minor