In 1609, Michael Praetorius harmonized the version of Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming with which most of us are familiar. His contemporary, Melchior Vulpius, created a four-voice canon on the same
Four familiar carols and hymns: Good King Wenceslas; Il Est Ne (He is Born); Angels We Have Heard on High and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing for two trumpets, horn in F, trombone,
Arranged for large brass ensemble (three B-flat trumpets, two F Horns, three trombones, and tuba), this work has been converted from primarily duple to a mixture of triple and quadruple meters to eliminate