"O Holy Night" ("Cantique de Noël") is a well-known
Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the
French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians)
by Placide Cappeau (1808–1877). Cappeau, a wine
merchant and poet, had been asked by a parish priest to
write a Christmas poem. Unitarian minister John
Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight's Journal of Music,
created a singing edition based on Cappeau's French
text in 1855. In both the French original and in the
two familiar English v...(+)
"O Holy Night" ("Cantique de Noël") is a well-known
Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the
French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians)
by Placide Cappeau (1808–1877). Cappeau, a wine
merchant and poet, had been asked by a parish priest to
write a Christmas poem. Unitarian minister John
Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight's Journal of Music,
created a singing edition based on Cappeau's French
text in 1855. In both the French original and in the
two familiar English versions of the carol, the text
reflects on the birth of Jesus and of mankind's
redemption.
I created this arrangement for Viola and Concert
(Pedal) Harp.
PARTITION