Christmas Songbook http://www.christmassongbook.net A huge christmas song book - we built up a lot of Hymns & Carols to sing and play Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:20:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 All My Heart This Night Rejoices http://www.christmassongbook.net/s1139a.asp http://www.christmassongbook.net/s1139a.asp#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:17:50 +0000 admin http://www.christmassongbook.net/?p=34 This is another song with the background of the German culture. “All my Heart this night Rejoices” was originated in the 16th century and it was called “Wohin sollt ihr mich denn Grämen”. An inspiring christmas song brought to you by your Online Christmas Songbook. Have fun singing this song!

All My Heart This Night Rejoices

Words: Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen
Paul Gerhardt, Johann Crüger’s Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1653
translation by Catherine Winkworth, Lyra Germanica, England 1858
Music: WARUM SOLLT ICH MICH DENN GRÄMEN §1139
Johann Georg Ebeling (1637-76), Das ander Dutzet Geistlicher Andacht-Lieder Herrn Paul Gerhardt’s, Frankfurt, 1666

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]]> http://www.christmassongbook.net/s1139a.asp/feed 0 Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming http://www.christmassongbook.net/s1447.asp http://www.christmassongbook.net/s1447.asp#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:07:11 +0000 admin http://www.christmassongbook.net/?p=28 This is a very depressive song. It often makes me think about what’s really important in life and what’s not. Get into depth with this song and your family. It’s originated in Germany and it used to be a German christmas song. 

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming

Text: Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen
German, 15th Century
translation by Theodore Baker (1851-1934)
Music: ES IST EIN’ ROS’ ENTSPRUNGEN §1447 – Folk song,
first published in Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng, Köln, 1599
harmonization by Michael Praetorius, Musae Sioniae, 1609

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]]> http://www.christmassongbook.net/s1447.asp/feed 0 We Wish You a Merry Christmas http://www.christmassongbook.net/s7269.asp http://www.christmassongbook.net/s7269.asp#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:47:51 +0000 admin http://www.christmassongbook.net/?p=9 The song is called “we wish you a merry christmas” and it’s dedicated to all of you out there wishing you and your families a wonderful, marvellous christmas eve!

God bless you and god bless the celebration of christmas – let’s give our families a neat present just to show them our goodness!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We Wish you a merry christmas

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