The Story of ‘We Three Kings’
Günther Simmermacher’s annual Biography of a Christmas carol Many of our beloved Christmas carols have come from the United States, and “We Three Kings” was the first...
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Religious Music / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 25, 2021 · Last modified December 23, 2021
Günther Simmermacher’s annual Biography of a Christmas carol Many of our beloved Christmas carols have come from the United States, and “We Three Kings” was the first...
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 24, 2020 · Last modified December 13, 2020
Translated into 140 languages, it may be the most famous Christmas hymn in the world. Günther Simmermacher looks at the history of ‘Silent Night’.
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Church / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 24, 2019 · Last modified December 19, 2019
‘Once In Royal David’s City’ was written as a catechism for children; today it is one of the most beloved Christmas carols. Günther Simmermacher looks at its...
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Church / Simmermacher
by hazelelponiSC · Published December 25, 2018 · Last modified December 26, 2018
Once a folk carol sneered at by purists, ‘God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen’ has a profound Christian message. Günther Simmermacher looks at the carol’s history.
Biography of Hymns / Christmas
by Admin · Published December 18, 2015 · Last modified December 19, 2019
The composer of the melody of one of the most popular Christmas carols didn’t want it used for sacred purposes, and the man who wrote the text...
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Christmas Facts / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 21, 2014 · Last modified November 14, 2017
At Christmas we sing ‘Joy To The World’, an accidental Christmas carol written over two centuries in two continents by two pioneers of Christian hymns. GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER...
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Christmas Facts
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 19, 2014 · Last modified December 8, 2020
Christmas carols: we sing them in church, we hear them piped in the shops, we may have CDs of Josh Groban or Nat King Cole crooning them....
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published August 26, 2014 · Last modified November 14, 2017
Sweden’s gifts to the world of music include pop giants ABBA, the great soprano Birgit Nilson, the classical composer Carl Michael Bellman and one of the world’s...
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published July 14, 2014 · Last modified November 14, 2017
GUNTHER SIMMERMACHERlooks at the history of the hymn It Is Well With My Soul. The hymns we sing in church, one would think, were written in a...
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Christmas Facts
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 10, 2009 · Last modified December 8, 2020
GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER explores the history of some more popular Christmas hymns and songs. O Little Town Of Bethlehem In 1865, the 29-year-old American Episcopalian (US Anglican) minister Phillips...
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