by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Today Christ is born
Language: English  after the Latin
Available translation(s): FRE GER
Today Christ is born;
Today the Saviour has appeared;
Today the angels sing,
The archangels rejoice,
Today the righteous rejoice, saying:
Glory be to God in the highest.
Alleluia!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Procession", op. 28 no. 1 (1942) [treble chorus, solo voices, and harp], from A Ceremony of Carols, no. 1. [
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- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Recession", op. 28 no. 11 (1942) [treble chorus, solo voices, and harp], from A Ceremony of Carols, no. 11. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title unknown, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Tom White
This text was added to the website: 2007-10-01
Line count: 7
Word count: 29
Geboren ist uns heute Christ
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English
Geboren ist uns heute Christ;
der Heiland uns erschienen ist;
auf Erden singen Engel heut,
Erzengel jubeln voller Freud,
Heut’ jauchzen die Gerechten ein Gloria:
Ehre Gott dem Erhab’nen. Halleluja!
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Translation of titles
"Procession" = "Einzug"
"Recession" = "Auszug"
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This text was added to the website: 2015-07-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 30