Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful. 

Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.

Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again this fund drive

Hört, der Engel helle Lieder

Translator: Otto Abel

(no biographical information available about Otto Abel.) Go to person page >

^ top

Text Information

First Line: Hört, der Engel helle Lieder
French Title: Les anges dans nos campagnes
Translator: Otto Abel (1954)
Source: Frankriech 18. Jh.
Language: German
Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Copyright: Tr. © Otto Abel
^ top

Tune

GLORIA (French)

GLORIA is the French noel tune traditionally associated with this text. The popularity of this carol stems from its refrain–all those cascading phrases in which human beings imitate the angels' chorus. Try using the refrain by itself as a short choral introit during the Christmas season, perhaps w…

Go to tune page >


All tunes published with 'Hört, der Engel helle Lieder'^ top

Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)

Evangelisches Gesangbuch #54

Evangelisches Gesangbuch #54
All instances^ top
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us