One hundred years earlier, Charles Wesley had suggested that his own hymn text “Hark, how all the welkin [heaven] rings” should be sung to a slow and solemn melody. It was William Cummings who ...

It’s one of the most beloved Christmas melodies. But how much do you know about the timeless carol ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’? As is the case with a lot of vocal music, the lyrics and melody for ...

These songs have changed a great deal over the years, he says. For example, the hymn "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," originally had nothing at all to do with Christmas, and certainly was not sung ...

Writer is distressed at the screaming publicity given to the movies "The Conqueror" and "Alexander the Great." He plans to do a mommoth production of his own based on William Wordsworth's poem ...

What would you say if I told you that “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” was actually written to honor not the baby Jesus but the printing press? O.K., not the lyrics—although points to anyone ...

Brace yourselves, Pentaholics! Your favorite a cappella group Pentatonix appeared on ABC's It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown special this week and nailed their ...

“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” is rightly considered one of the “Great Four” Anglican hymns, but that label seems too provincial. In fact, the hymn seems like an exemplar of European ...

Just about every church sings it at Christmastime. Though you probably have heard and sung “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” numerous times in your life, you may not know that what we sing today ...

namely that Jesus was fully God and fully human, neither one to the neglect of the other. That's why I sing the last verse of "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" with special gusto.

Just as there is a romantic ballad for every taste, Christmas songs come in a dizzying variety of sentiment and topic. Tom Waits' "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" barely mentions the ...