St Louis (O little town of Bethlehem) - Descant

By: Lewis H. Redner (1831-1908)
For: Choir + keyboard
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Composer
Lewis H. Redner (1831-1908)
Year of composition
1868
Arranger
Year of arrangement
2017
Lyricist
Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)
Difficulty
Easy (Grades 1-3)
Duration
1 minute
Genre
Other
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The words of this Christmas carol were written by Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia. The music was written by the church's organist Lewis Redner (1831-1908), who recounted how the carol came to be written:

"As Christmas of 1868 approached, Mr. Brooks told me that he had written a simple little carol for the Christmas Sunday-school service, and he asked me to write the tune to it. The simple music was written in great haste and under great pressure. We were to practice it on the following Sunday. Mr. Brooks came to me on Friday, and said, "Redner, have you ground out that music yet to 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'?" I replied, "No", but that he should have it by Sunday. On the Saturday night previous my brain was all confused about the tune. I thought more about my Sunday-school lesson than I did about the music. But I was roused from sleep late in the night hearing an angel-strain whispering in my ear, and seizing a piece of music paper I jotted down the treble of the tune as we now have it, and on Sunday morning before going to church I filled in the harmony. Neither Mr. Brooks nor I ever thought the carol or the music to it would live beyond that Christmas of 1868." (Wikipedia: 'O Little Town of Bethlehem')

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