Sing We Now of Christmas 2 part accompanied

This fun French carol deserved a two-part accompanied arrangement suitable for elementary choirs to go with the more difficult SATB a cappella version. About the Carol Dr. C. Michael Hawn sheds light on the origin and use of Sing We Now of Christmas in his online "History of Hymns" for the United Methodist Church: The crecheis a common focal point for the Christmas season in France. They (carols) are often sung around the creche in homes or in procession to the church. Rather than viewing the scene, it seems that the singer actually joins the biblical characters as a part of the scene. Rather than the focus on the Christmas tree with a manger scene placed in some adjacent location, the focus is on the creche itself and those persons that make up the nativity ensemble. This idea is an outgrowth of the French Renaissance when humanity assumed an important role in cosmic events. Congregational songs were not sung in Catholic liturgy at this time. These were songs of the people. Even so, they did not lack theology or symbolic sophistication. NOEL NOUVELET, literally "Christmas comes anew," is a tune that dates to the late fifteenth century.