Famous Hymns #16
Tune Title: [Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve] First Line: Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve Composer: George Friedrich Handel Date: 1923
Famous Hymns #16
Title: | CHRISTMAS (Handel) |
Composer: | George Frideric Handel (1728) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6.6 |
Incipit: | 34517 65123 34555 |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
all seated on the ground,
an angel of the Lord came down,
and glory shone around.
The tune is based on the the beginning of the soprano aria "Non vi piacque ingiusti dei" from the opera "Siroe"
Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations
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Organ Solo
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Piano Solo
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Piano and Organ Duet
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