 | Gauntlett, Henry J. - Once in Royal David's City Choral SATB a cappella |
| Composer : | Gauntlett, Henry J. (1805 - 1876) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Choral SATB a cappella | ||||
| Style : | Christmas - Carols | ||||
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| Publisher : | Lewis, Alastair | ||||
| Copyright : | Copyright © 2013 Alastair Lewis | ||||
| Added by alastair-lewis, 19 Nov 2013 "Once In Royal David's City" was written by the Irish hymn writer and poet Cecil Frances Alexander. At the time of publication the poet was still Miss Cecil Humphreys. Her hymnbook "Hymns for little Children" (1848) contained the poem therein. The English organist Henry John Gauntlett discovered the poem and went about setting it to music. Miss Humphreys subsequently married the Anglican clergyman William Alexander. She also wrote the popular hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful". At the Kings College Chapel in Cambridge, every Christmas eve the hymn "Once in Royal David's city" is used as the processional hymn. King's college choir made a recording of the hymn, its first ever recording, in 1948 for EMI. Sheet central : | Once in Royal David's City (6 sheet music) | | |||
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