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Artist: Odeon Orchester & Glocken
Author: Michael Praetorius
Label: Odéon
Year: 1906
Old German christmas carol. Lyrics first published in the Gebetbüchlein des Frater Conradus (1582). Lyrics and music first matched in 1599 in Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesänge, one of two volumes in Köln. As a protestant, Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) re-oriënted the focus from the virgin Mary to the imminent coming of the Messiah (Isaiah 11:1). Johannes Brahms used it in 1896 (op. 122, n°8) while Theodore Baker adapted it in English in 1894 as Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming.
Covers:
Chor der Kgl. Hofoper Berlin [with Prof. Hugo Rüdel (Glockenspiel) and Friedrich Kark (organ)]
Percy Faith [as Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming]
Pete Seeger [idem]
Sting [as Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming on If On A Winter's Night]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)