While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)

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Annotation

It is possible the arrangement should be credited to William Henry Monk but there doesn't seem to be complete agreement on this.

Annotation last modified on 2012-12-16 08:39 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist:Nahum Tate
composer:Christopher Tye (English composer & organist, c. 1505–1573)
arranger:George Kirbye
Wikidata:Q4019482 [info]
later translated versions:Eņģeļa vēsts (Reiz ganiem lopus sargājot…)
later versions:While Shepherds Watched (descant Marlow)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Andrew Peterson version)
is based on:Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
Winchester Old
is the basis for:While Shepherds Watched
arrangements:While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks)
While Shepherds Watched (arr. Gray)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (desc. Cleobury)
While shepherds watched their flocks by night (desc. Nicholas Marston & Daniel Hyde)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night (arr. Thomas Ravenscroft)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1969-07-29While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night (Winchester Old)Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:51
2014-04-07 – 2014-04-08While Shepherds WatchedVox Turturis, David Quinn, Andrew Gant2:35
A Journey to Bethlehem (A Christmas Medley)medleyMichael Crawford7:59
Mvmt II, “Begin and Never Cease”cover and medleyThe Oh Hellos6:21
While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks by NightcoverRick Wakeman5:34
While shepherds watchedNorwich Cathedral Choir, Ashley Grote2:36
While Shepherds WatchedTonus Peregrinus2:34
While Shepherds WatchedinstrumentalThe Francis Hogarty Band1:31
While Shepherds WatchedChoir of King’s College, Cambridge3:12
While Shepherds WatchedHarry Secombe2:48
While Shepherds WatchedSir Malcolm Sargent & Royal Choral Society2:54
While Shepherds WatchedChoir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, George Guest2:50
While Shepherds WatchedChoir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow2:45
While Shepherds WatchedTonus Peregrinus2:33
While Shepherds WatchedChoir of York Minster2:41
While Shepherds Watched Their Flock by NightLincoln Cathedral Choir2:51
While shepherds watched their flocksCarolyn Sinclair, Michael Jarvis2:15
While Shepherds Watched Their FlocksChoir of York Minster, Francis Jackson2:41
While Shepherds Watched Their FlocksChoir of York Minster, Francis Jackson2:41
While Shepherds Watched Their FlocksCambridge Heath Band?:??
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks[unknown]2:27
While Shepherds Watched Their FlocksHarry Secombe2:48
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks at NightThe Ambrosian Singers3:13
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightBrandenburg Choir, Sara Macliver, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer2:31
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightRichard Black, Corin Bone, Cantillation, Natalie Shea, Nicole Thomson, Brett Weymark2:49
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightBrandenburg Bellringers, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer1:09
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightRichard Black, Corin Bone, Cantillation, Natalie Shea, Nicole Thomson, Brett Weymark2:45
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightPaul Downes3:00
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Nightcover101 Strings Orchestra2:49
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightThe Blossom Street Singers2:06
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightAndrew Parrott, The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players2:24
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightThe Sixteen2:37
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightcoverThe Canterbury Choir, Macklin Marrow2:22
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightThe Brighouse And Rastrick Band?:??
While the Shepherds Watched Their FlocksMormon Tabernacle Choir2:09