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![]() | SUSSEX CAROLArranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1871-1958)Published in 33 hymnals Printable scores: PDF, Sibelius Audio files: MIDI | |
Ralph Vaughan Williams; OM 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the Eng;lish Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many folk song arrangements set as hymn tunes, and also influenced several of his own original compositions.
Life
Early years
Ralph Vaughan Williams was born on 12 October 1872 in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, where his father, the Reverend Arthur Vaughan Williams (the surname Vaughan Williams is an unhyphenated double-barrelled name of Welsh origin), was vicar. Following his father's death in 1875 he was taken by… Go to person page >| Arranger: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1871-1958) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8 |
| Incipit: | 55345 32127 11234 |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Source: | English Traditional |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
On Christmas night all Christians sing
to hear the news the angels bring;
on Christmas night all Christians sing
to hear the news the angels bring:
news of great joy, news of great mirth,
news of our merciful King’s birth.
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| Tune Title | First Line | Instances (28) | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| [On Christmas night all Christians sing] | On Christmas night all Christians sing | Christmas Favorites #34 | On Christmas Night | John Cozens | 2000 | ||||||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | Come, let us with our Lord arise | Renew! #18 | Come, Let Us with Our Lord Arise | Charles Wesley | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | F Major | English | 1995 | ||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | "My elder son, go work today | Singing the New Testament #44 | My Elder Son, Go Work Today! | Rae E. Whitney | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | Matthew 21:28-32 | F Major or modal | English | 2008 | |||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #52 | On Christmas Night All Christians Sing | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | F Major or modal | 1993 | |||||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | With joy I heard my friends exclaim | Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #66 | With Joy I Heard My Friends Exclaim | Come, let us go to the house of the Lord | Hal H. Hopson | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 | Psalm 122 | F Major or modal | 2013 | ||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | A traveler unknown to me | Singing the New Testament #73 | A traveler unknown to me | Adam M. L. Tice | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | John 4:4-26 | F Major or modal | English | 2008 | |||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #89 | On Christmas Night | Luke Wadding, d. 1686 | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 | Luke 2:1-20; John 1:5-14 | F Major or modal | 2013 | |||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | When heaven's bright with mystery | Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #93 | When Heaven's Bright with Mystery | Rob Johns | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 9.9.9.9.10.9 | Matthew 2:18 | F Major or Modal | 1996 | ||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | With joy I heard my friends exclaim | Psalms for All Seasons: a complete Psalter for worship #122F | With Joy I Heard My Friends Exclaim | Come, let us go to the house of the Lord | Hal H. Hopson | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1871-1958) | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | Psalm 122 | F Major or modal | English | 2012 | ||||||
| Sussex Carol | On Christmas night all Christians sing | The Christian Life Hymnal #128 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | Celebrating Grace Hymnal #133 | On Christmas Night All Christians Sing | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | F Major or modal | English | 2010 | |||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | The New Century Hymnal #143 | On Christmas Night All Christians Sing | Jonathan McNair | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | John 1:5-14; Acts 13:38-39; Luke 2:8-14 | F Major or modal | 1995 | |||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | The Worshiping Church #168 | On Christmas Night All Christians Sing | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | Ephesians 5:19; Luke 2:14 | F Major | English | 1990 | ||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | Worship and Rejoice #222 | On Christmas Night All Christians Sing | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | Luke 2:1-12; Isaiah 52:7; Isaiah 9:2; Romans 8:2; John 8:32-36 | F Major or modal | 2001 | |||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | Trinity Hymnal #227 | On Christmas Night All Christians Sing | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | Isaiah 53:5; Luke 2:10-14; John 8:36; Acts 26:18; Romans 5:20 | G Major | English | 1990 | ||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | Now let us from this table rise | Renew! #242 | Now Let Us from This Table Rise | Fred Kaan | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 8.8.8.8 | F Major | English | 1995 | ||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | Evangelical Lutheran Worship #274 | Luke Wadding, b. 1686 | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | F Major or Modal | 2006 | |||||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #294 | Luke Wadding (d. 1686) | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | F Major or modal | English | 2005 | ||||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | On Christmas night all Christians sing | Lutheran Service Book #377 | On Christmas Night All Christians Sing | 8.8.8.8 | Luke 2:10-20 | F Major or modal | English | 2006 | |||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | As man and woman we were made | Worship and Rejoice #611 | As Man and Woman We Were Made | Brian Wren, 1936- | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | Luke 15:23-24; Genesis 2:24; John 2:9 | F Major or modal | English | 2001 | |||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | As man or woman we were made | The United Methodist Hymnal #642 | As Man and Woman We Were Made | Brian Wren | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | Genesis 1:27; John 2:1-11 | F Major | English | 1989 | |||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | As man and woman we were made | Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #700 | Brian Wren (b. 1936) | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | F Major or modal | English | 2005 | |||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | As man and woman we were made | With One Voice #751 | As Man and Woman We Were Made | Brian Wren, b. 1936 | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | John 2:1-11; Mark 10:6-9; Genesis 2:18-24 | F Major | English | 1995 | |||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | Come, let us with our Lord arise | The Worshiping Church #798 | Come, Let Us with Our Lord Arise | Charles Wesley | Ralph Vaughan Williams | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | John 20:1; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 118:23-24; Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; Philippians 3 | F Major | English | 1990 | |||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | That human life might richer be | Gather Comprehensive #871 | Blessing the Marriage | John L. Bell, b. 1949 | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | Genesis 2:18-23 | F Major | English | 1994 | |||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1095 | Ralph Vaughan Williams; | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | 553453212711234 | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | Come, let us with our Lord arise, | The Faith We Sing #2084 | Come, Let Us with Our Lord Arise | Charles Wesley | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | F Major | English | 2001 | |||||||||
| SUSSEX CAROL | Come, let us with our Lord arise, | Sing the Faith #2084 | Come, Let Us with Our Lord Arise | Charles Wesley | 8.8.8.8.8.8 | F Major | English | 2003 |
