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Joy to the world the Lord is come |
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R. Mather |
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Mostly from Holfords Voce di Melodia (c 1834) adapted by Lowell Mason. Words by Isaac Watts |
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Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns! He rules the world with truth and grace, |
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Created 15/09/2008 Revised 26/06/2009 |
This version of "Joy to the world" was sung in the program “ONE CHRISTMAS STORY: PEOPLE RICH IN SPIRIT” transmitted by CBS on 24th December Christmas Eve 2012.
Trailer :
More information at Odyssey Networks
Joy to the World. The scripture-based words are by Isaac Watts. The music was adapted and arranged by Lowell Mason from an older melody which was then believed to have originated from Handel, not least because the theme of the refrain (And heaven and nature sing...) appears in the orchestra opening and accompaniment of the recitative Comfort Ye from Handel's Messiah, and the first four notes match the beginning of the choruses Lift up your heads and Glory to God from the same oratorio. However, Handel did not compose the entire tune.
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