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Zu Bethlehem Geboren
"Zu Bethlehem geboren" is a German Christmas carol. The text is attributed to Friedrich Spee, and was first printed in the collection ''Geistlichen Psälterlein'' (Little sacred psalter) by in Cologne in 1637. The author was unknown until the 20th century, but research of style and content arrived at the attribution. The song was printed with a then-popular secular melody in 1638. The song appears in current Catholic and Protestant hymnals. Melody and settings The melody was taken from a French chanson which was popular at the time, ''Une petite feste'', with a frivolous text. It is found in a Paris song collection by Pierre Cerveau, ''Airs mis en musique à quatre parties'' (1599), and also in ' (1600). Spee often wrote sacred texts for secular melodies, intending to fight their "pestilent poison" ("pestilenzisch Gift"). The song was printed with the melody in 1638, titled ''Hertzopffer'' (The heart's sacrifice) in the Cologne collection ''Geistlicher Psalter''. Probably even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Carol
A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas holiday season. The term noel has sometimes been used, especially for carols of French origin. Christmas carols may be regarded as a subset of the broader category of Christmas music. History The first known Christmas hymns may be traced to 4th-century Rome. Latin hymns such as Veni redemptor gentium, written by Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, were austere statements of the theological doctrine of the Incarnation in opposition to Arianism. Corde natus ex Parentis (''Of the Father's heart begotten'') by the Spanish poet Prudentius (d. 413) is still sung in some churches today. In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Christmas sequence (or prose) was introduced in Northern European monasteries, developing under Bernard of Clairvaux into a sequence of rhymed stanzas. In the 12th century the Parisian monk Adam of Saint Victor bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
