Midiman’s Christmas Angels We Have Heard On High

Angels We Have Heard on High The History Hymn Story: The French carol "Les anges dans nos campagnes," now known as "Angels We Have Heard on High," is completely anonymous. It has always been printed with no known lyricist or composer. The beautiful carol tells the story of Christ's birth, when the angel choir told the good news to nearby shepherds. The chorus, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," reflects the chorus of the angel choir that long-ago Christmas night.

Many years ago shepherds in the hills of southern France had a Christmas Eve custom of calling to one another, singing "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," each from his own hillside. The traditional tune that the shepherds used may have been from a late Medieval Latin chorale. It became the magnificent chorus of "Angels We Have Heard on High." History Continued

The carol seems to be of eighteenth-century origin, since it was known in England by 1816. At that time James Montgomery wrote his carol "Angels From the Realms of Glory", originally basing it on the tune of "Les anges dans nos campagnes." "Angels From the Realms of Glory" was sung to the French tune until Henry Tomas Smart wrote a new tune for it in 1967. History Continued

"Angels We Have Heard on High" was first published in France in 1855. The English translation came seven years later, in Henri Frederick's Crown of Jesus Music. This 1862 translation differed from the form we use now. The version we use today was first printed in a 1916 American carol collection entitled Carols Old and Carols New. History Continued

"Angels We Have Heard on High" was first published in France in 1855. The English translation came seven years later, in Henri Frederick's Crown of Jesus Music. This 1862 translation differed from the form we use now. The version we use today was first printed in a 1916 American carol collection entitled Carols Old and Carols New. History Continued

Midiman’s Christmas As the title implies, Midiman’s Christmas CD was created to bring the spirit of Christmas back into the lives of everyone! The real meaning of Christmas has been lost over the years to commercialism, greed, and selfishness! My Hope is that everyone who listen to the tracks of this project, will get a fresh touch from God himself! If you would like a copy of the CD Project, go to this address and order a copy and get one for a friend you love? www.nimbit.com/themidiman May God richly bless you in this season and in the upcoming New Year! This is the Midiman saying Peace and Goodbye!