Medley: We Three Kings / The First Noel / Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
~ Recording by Robert Shaw Chorale
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 2.16 | Medley: We Three Kings / The First Noel / Hark, the Herald Angels Sing | 3:28 | Robert Shaw Chorale | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas, Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TCD-108 |
| 2.15 | Medley: We Three Kings / The First Noel / Hark, the Herald Angels Sing | 3:27 | Robert Shaw Chorale | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas, Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TCD-108A |
| 2.15 | Medley: We Three Kings / The First Noel / Hark, the Herald Angels Sing | 3:27 | Robert Shaw Chorale | The Time‐Life Treasury of Christmas, Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TCD-0108AR1 |
| 3.4 | Medley: We Three Kings / The First Noel / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | 3:27 | The Robert Shaw Chorale | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas II (Special Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Special Products, Time–Life Music | M18310, TCD-818 |
| 1.4 | Medley: We Three Kings / The First Noel / Hark! The Herald Angels | 3:27 | The Robert Shaw Chorale | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas II: Holiday Cheer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Special Products, Time–Life Music | M18314, T9045, TCD-818-03 |
Relationships
| recording of: | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) The First Nowell (medley) We Three Kings (medley) |
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Related works
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
| additional lyricist: | George Whitefield (in 1753) |
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| lyricist: | Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739) |
| composer: | Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840) |
| arranger: | William H. Cummings (in 1855) |
The First Nowell
| lyricist, writer and composer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
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We Three Kings
| lyricist and composer: | John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Medley God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings (order: 2) Rejoice With Exceeding Great Joy / We Three Kings (arr. Johnson, orch. Volpi) (order: 2) Christmas Collage (order: 4) |
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| later parody versions: | 香港長是我的家 |
| later translated versions: | Drie wijzen |
| later versions: | We Three Kings (Nox Arcana version) |
| is the basis for: | Paraphrase on ‘We Three Kings of Orient Are’ Star of Wonder Star of Wonder We Three Kings (“… of Bankstown Square” parody by Bucko & Champs) |
| arrangements: | We Three Kings (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement) We Three Kings (arr. Neary) We Three Kings (arr. Aly and AJ) We Three Kings (arr. Moya Brennan) We Three Kings (arr. Brett Stewart) We Three Kings (Psalty) We Three Kings of Orient Are (arr. Scott Kritzer) We Three Kings of Orient Are (lo‐fi arrangement) We Three Kings of Orient Are (for choir and orchestra, arr. Elms) |
| music quoted in and lyrics quoted in: | We Three Kings |
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