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Thread #143848   Message #3322957
Posted By: Tootler
14-Mar-12 - 07:41 PM
Thread Name: Origins: evolution of a song from middle ages
Subject: RE: Origins: evolution of a song from middle ages
O come, O come Emmanuel.

As far as I can determine.

Translated from Latin by John Mason Neale in 1851. The original Latin is, as stated elsewhere, from the O Antiphons and is thought to date from the 12th Century.

The tune is based on a 15th Century Franciscan Processional.