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O Little Town of Bethlehem (ver. 2) by Christmas - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
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"O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a popular Christmas carol. Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), an Episcopal priest, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, was inspired when he was visiting the little town of Bethlehem in 1865. Three years later, he wrote the poem for his church and his organist, Lewis Redner, added the music. Redner's tune, simply titled "St. Louis", is the tune used most often for this carol in the United States. Meanwhile, the English tune "Forest Green", adapted by Ralph Vaughan Williams, is the tune most often used for this carol in the United Kingdom and sometimes in the U.S. as well, especially in the Episcopal Church. Another version by H. Walford Davies, called "Wengen", is usually performed only by choirs rather than as a congregational hymn. This is because the first two verses are for treble voices with organ accompaniment, with only the final verse as a.    Download this sheet!
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Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. It refers to both the day commemorating the birth; and also the Christmastide season which that day inaugurates; concluding with the Feast of the Epiphany. The date of the celebration is traditional; and is not considered to be Jesus's actual date of birth. Christmas festivities often combine the observation of the Nativity with various cultural customs; many of which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a popular Christmas carol. Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), an Episcopal priest, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, was inspired when he was visiting the little town of Bethlehem in 1865. Three years later, he wrote the poem for his church and his organist, Lewis Redner, added the music. Redner's tune, simply titled "St. Louis", is the tune used most often for this carol in the United States. Meanwhile, the English tune "Forest Green", adapted by Ralph Vaughan Williams, is the tune most often used for this carol in the United Kingdom and sometimes in the U.S. as well, especially in the Episcopal Church. Another version by.
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