Blind Composer And Hymn Tune Unite In Christmas Carols
A biographical sketch traces James Montgomery born in Scotland 1771 and his rise as a prolific hymn writer. It credits Henry Smart, who went blind at 52, with composing Regent Square which paired with Montgomery's Good Tidings Of Great Joy For All People to become Angels From The Realms Of Glory.
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James Montgomery
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West Indies
Sheffield
Sheffield Register
America
Empire
England
Montgomery
London
Henry Smart
Lancashire
Greenland
Regent Square
Smart
Massial Birth Proclaimed as Angels Sing
A Christmas carol styled verse heralds Massial’s birth with angels proclaiming the new-born king and inviting worship across the earth. The text blends biblical imagery with celebratory praise and traditional guardian angel motifs.
Wandering Scribe Wade and the Birth of O Come All Ye Faithful
John Francis Wade, a roaming copyist in Western Europe, preserved Adeste Fideles in 1750 for Lisbon's English College. The hymn, heard in London in 1785, was nicknamed the Portuguese Hymn and later became O Come All Ye Faithful after a 1852 translation by Canon Fred erick Oakley.
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John Francis Wade
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Scribe Wade
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George Frederick Handel
Handel
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Lisbon
Portugal
London
Duke of Leeds
Fredrath Okeley
Shrewsbury
Engand
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