| Description |
1 audio disc (56 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Performer |
Performed by the Columbus Consort. |
| Note |
Performed on period instrumnets. |
| Event |
Recorded June 1993. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes in English, French, and German and texts in original languages inserted in container. |
| Contents |
How beauteous are their feet / Supply Belcher (5:25) -- How beauteous are their feet / Samuel Holyoke (4:19) -- Anthem for Christmas / Benjamin Carr (3:40) -- If angels sung a savior's birth / Joseph Stephenson (1:35) -- Th'Almighty spake, and Gabriel sped / Samuel Holyoke (2:15) -- Comfort ye my people / Samuel Holyoke (2:15) -- Hark! The glad sound / John Jenkins Husband (2:11) -- While shepherds watched their flocks by night / Musgrave Heighington (3:07) -- While shepherds watched their flocks by night / Jacob French (3:07) -- While shepherds watched their flocks by night / William Billings (6:22) -- Unto us a child is born / Johann Friedrich Peter (3:29) -- Prince of Peace, Immanuel / John Antes (2:20) -- Hail infant newborn / David Moritz Michael (1:13) -- To us a child is born / Johannes Herbst (1:54) -- Thou child divine / Johann A.P. Schulz (2:34) -- Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn / Jeremiah Dencke (1:09) -- Hosanna! Blessed is He that come in the name of the Lord / Christian Gregor (1:51) -- Magnificat anima mea Dominum / Charles Theodore Pachelbel (5:48). |
| Language |
Sung primarily in English, with one selection each in German and Latin. |
| Genre/Form |
Carols.
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Carols.
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Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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| Subject |
Sacred vocal music -- United States -- 18th century.
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Sacred vocal music. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Title |
18th century carols and anthems |
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Eighteenth century carols and anthems |
| Music No. |
CCS 5693 Channel Classics |
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