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What is the name of a Christmas song sung in English?

1. "Silent Night" Silent Night

"Silent Night" is a lyric written by Joseph Mohr, the priest of a small village church in a small place in Austria, in 1816. The composer is Franz Gruber is an unknown local music teacher.

It is said that the organ in the chapel broke down, so Father Mohr asked Mr. Gruber to compose the song he wrote with guitar accompaniment. The music score was later brought out by the organ repairman, and the outside world became aware of the song. The song quickly became popular. Today it has almost become the official "festival song" of Christmas and has been translated into many languages.

2. "Joy to the World"

"Joy to the World" is a Christmas carol written by Isaac Watts in 1719. The original text has seven independent paragraphs, and the existing audio materials are condensed into music based on the original text. The message is that joy and love replace sin and sorrow. This hymn was widely sung.

3. "O Holy Night"

This is a famous Christmas carol. The song was written by Adolphe Adam in 1847 for the French poem "Christmas Midnight" Composed to music. The author of the original poem was Placid Capo (1808-1877), a winemaker and poet.

4. "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

"Come to Worship Song" (Latin: Adeste Fideles) may also be called "O Come, All Ye Faithful" according to the first sentence of the lyrics. "Come, Follower of the Patriarch" is a hymn tune composed by John Francis Wade in 1743. The origin of the song is unclear, but it was probably written in the 13th century.

Frederick Oakeley translated some of the lyrics from Latin into English in 1841, and William T. Brooke (1848-1917) later added English translations of some of the lyrics. John Julian's A Dictionary of Hymnology considers the poem to have eight stanzas.

A large number of singers have sung this song so far, and it has become a commonly used Christmas music.

5. "Listen, the angels sing loudly" Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Also known as "The Newborn King's Song", it is a famous Christmas song composed by Frix Mendelssohn and lyrics by Charles Wesley. "Hear, the Angels Sing aloud" is a profound Christmas hymn describing the birth of Jesus. It contains pure doctrine and is rich in allusions to scripture. It is one of 6,500 poems written by Charles Wesley. One of the hymns.