Isaac Watts’s 1719 paraphrase of Psalm 98 became a Christmas classic when it was ... and it is now one of the most popular Christmas hymns in North America. Mason routinely gave credit to ...

This philosophy underpins every aspect of Getty’s work, from modern hymns like “Christ Our Hope in Life and Death” to the annual “Sing! An Irish Christmas” tour. This year’s tour holds ...

The 175-voice Bach Festival choir, youth choir and orchestra offer traditional holiday selections, including well-known Christmas hymns and carols beautifully arranged for the performers.

The poet Christina Rosetti did not originally intend her poem to become a hymn or carol. She wrote it originally as a response to a request from a magazine for a new Christmas poem. It was ...

The Christmas hymns, anthems and arrangements we call “carols“ actually date from the 19th century, although many of them draw on tunes and words from earlier times. Carols are constantly ...