O, Come All Ye Faithful  ( Adeste Fidelis )

Latin Hymn translated by Frederick Oakeley

 

With Organ and Choir conducted by Russ Case

 

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recording Time 2:45

 

Recorded August 20, 1946   ~  Matrix No. D6VB-2679 Take 1 - 1A

Single release: RCA-78RPM-20-1971-A

Single release: RCA-45RPM 47-2972 ( 1949 )

Single Flip Side: "Jingle Bells"

 

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With Organ and Choir conducted by Russ Case

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recorded August 20, 1946

 

Notes: ~ This perennial Christmas favorite was written in France in the mid 1700s under the title "Adeste Fideles."

The composers are unknown. "Adeste Fideles" was first published in England in John F. Wade's volume Cantus

Diversi (1751). In 1841 Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880) translated the Latin words into English.

 

A hymn used at Benediction at Christmastide in France and England since the close of the eighteenth century.

It was sung at the Portuguese Legation in London as early as 1797. The most popular musical setting was ascribed

by Vincent Novello, organist there, to John Reading, who was organist at Winchester Cathedral from 1675-81, and

later at Winchester College. The hymn itself has been attributed to St. Bonaventure, but it is not found among his

works. It is probably of French or German authorship. It invites all the faithful to come to Bethlehem to worship

the new-born Saviour.

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