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Thread #28520   Message #354277
Posted By: Parson
09-Dec-00 - 11:04 PM
Thread Name: French And German Carols.
Subject: French And German Carols.
I have a CD of Christmas Carols featuring some beautiful trumpet music by Maurice Andre. The songs are also sung in either French or German & a few of them I know, but most of them, I do not. I will list them all. Can anyone tell me what they are about? Here goes:

Il est ne le Divin Enfant. "The Divine Infant is Born." We have a carol with this tune in our hymnal.

Stille Nacht. "Silent Night." I know this one too.

Les Bergerettes

Marche Des Rois Mages "March of the Wise Men???"

Susser die Glocken nie Klingen

White Christmas. In English no less. Beautiful French accented English!

Dans une estable obscure. "In an obscure stable???" High School French may be paying off! :-).

Noel des petits santons

Les anges dans nos campagnes

Mon beau sapin. O Tennenbaum. Sung in both French & German.

Adeste Fideles. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful."

Minuit chretien.

Or vous tremoussez

Als ich meinen schafen wacht

Venez Divin messie. "The Divine Messiah has come???" I'm guessing.

On entend partout carillon.

I have the lyrics to all of these songs in the liner notes. I don't see a copyright, but most of the writing on that page is in French also. I would assume that these songs are traditional & therefore not subject to copyright. So if someone wants me to post the lyrics in either French or German, depending on the notes, I will be glad to do so.

Thanks for your help.

Randall