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Angels We Have Heard on High: the melody (soprano)

The melody of Angels We Have Heard on High, sung by the soprano, in G, from D4 to E5. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Carries the French carol's tune, most often on B, then D, singing the long run on "Glo-" in each refrain over the others' held notes, up to its top E only inside that run, and down to its low D only on the "ri-a" that follows it.

Range
D4 to E5
Key
G
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About Angels We Have Heard on High

Words: English words attributed to James Chadwick (by 1862), from the French carol "Les anges dans nos campagnes"

Tune: Traditional French carol ("Gloria")

Angels We Have Heard on High is the English form of a French carol, Les anges dans nos campagnes, sung with its refrain left in Latin: Gloria in excelsis Deo, glory to God in the highest. Its English words began with James Chadwick, in a London hymn book of 1860, and The Crown of Jesus, a Catholic prayer book printed in London in 1862, gave them the opening sung today. Our tune and words are read from Charles L. Hutchins's Carols Old and Carols New, printed in Boston in 1916, where it is headed Old French Carol, and written here a tone higher, in G: the soprano sings his tune, and the alto, tenor and bass are our own, checked against the chords of the four-part setting on his page. This is verses 1 to 3 of his four, for 2 to 4 singers, each followed by the Gloria, where the tune's long run on "Glo-" falls over the others' held notes.

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