This popular Christmas song would probably have been rejected by the composer and lyricist had they known it in its present form. Felix Mendelssohn originally wrote the melody for an 1840 cantata ...

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In English this carol is usually known as “Angels We Have Heard on High ... this carol has become the signature finale at The Tabernacle Choir’s annual Christmas concerts.