Good King Wenceslas

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754) (order: 940)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/127767 [info]
Wikidata:Q1529116 [info]
referred to in medleys:Megamix 4 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 2)
Mix Four (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 2)
Christmas Medley (Pokémon) (order: 3)
A Christmas Festival (order: 4)
is based on:Tempus adest floridum
is the basis for:Concert Variations on ‘Good King Wenceslas’
Good King Joy
Good Old Wally King
The Happy Song
arrangements:Good King Wenceslas (Reginald Jaques arrangement)
Good King Wenceslas (Jim Brickman arrangement)
Good King Wenceslas (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
Good Swing Wenceslas (Sammy Nestico’s arrangement)
music quoted in:Billy the Bellsuit Diver Has Something to Say (Homestuck)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1949-05-31Christmas Carols – Concluded: Good King Wenceslas / We Three Kings of Orient Are / Angel We Have Heard on HighmedleyBing Crosby with choir and orchestra directed by Simon Rady3:21
1954Good King WenceslasinstrumentalGeorge Melachrino and Orchestra2:49
1961-03-20Good King WenceslasinstrumentalStan Kenton1:44
1964-08-24Good King WenceslasinstrumentalThe Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy3:20
1965-06Good King WenceslasJoan Sutherland, Patricia Clarke, The Ambrosian Singers, Valda Aveling, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge2:58
1967Good King WenceslasThe Philadelphia Brass Ensemble1:16
1973-07-30 – 1973-07-31Good King WenceslasChoir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, George Guest3:09
1989-05Good King WenceslasinstrumentalSlovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice3:35
1994-12Good King WenceslasliveLoreena McKennitt5:29
2001-12Good King WenceslasliveLoreena McKennitt2:29
2002-03 – 2002-04Good King WenceslasCrash Test Dummies2:31
2006-05-24Good King WenceslasinstrumentalEddie Higgins Trio3:23
2011-05-18 – 2011-05-20Good King Wenceslas - Piae cantionesThe Oxford Choir2:57
2012-03Good King WenceslasinstrumentalAnders Miolin5:04
2013Good King Wenceslas (live, 2013: Minstrel Hall)liveBlackmore’s Night6:12
2018-10-04 – 2018-10-05Good King WenceslasWells Cathedral Choir, Jeremy Cole, Matthew Owens2:41
A Christmas Festival (Medley)medleyArthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra9:43
Carolcade: Good King Wenceslas / Ding Dong! Merrily on High / Deck the Halls / We Wish You a Merry Christmasinstrumental and medleyCambridge Heath Band?:??
Deck the Halls / Good King WenceslasmedleyThe Salvation Army1:57
Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly / The Wassail Song / Good King Wenceslasinstrumental and medleyLester Lanin & His Orchestra2:42
Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly Medley: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / Good King Wenceslaus / Angels We Have Heard on Highinstrumental and medleyFerrante and Teicher4:18
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen / Good King Wenceslas (traditional)medleyJohn Williams2:23
Good King[unknown]1:53
Good King SacrilegeinstrumentalThe Oscillating Fan Club1:08
Good King WenceslasThe Huddersfield Choral Society with Owain Arwel Hughes, David Bell & Brian Kay2:25
Good King WenceslasTonus Peregrinus1:49
Good King WenceslasThe Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus, Eugene Ormandy2:34
Good King WenceslasThe Roches3:30
Good King WenceslasChoir of York Minster3:06
Good King WenceslasJohn Tesh3:03
Good King WenceslasLeslie Pearson, John Paice & The London Bell Ringers2:10
Good King WenceslasinstrumentalUnknown Handbells1:59
Good King WenceslasHarry Secombe2:33
Good King WenceslasLoreena McKennitt3:19
Good King WenceslasinstrumentalBill Gabrys4:51
Good King WenceslasThe Five Fifths3:00
Good King WenceslasRobert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Katherine Murray & Victor Ledbetter2:05
Good King WenceslasBing Crosby2:36
Good King WenceslasinstrumentalCaribbean Steel Drum Ensemble1:13
Good King Wenceslas (instrumental)instrumentalLoreena McKennitt3:20
Good King WenceslascoverThe Christian Chorus Choir1:56
Good King Wenceslascover[unknown]2:54
Good King WenceslasBing Crosby2:37
Good King WenceslasStan Kenton1:49
Good King WenceslasBing Crosby2:41
Good King WenceslasThe Philadelphia Orchestra3:19
Good King WenceslasDame Kiri Te Kanawa2:27
Good King WenceslascoverDick Leibert?:??
Good King WenceslasThe Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy3:20
Good King WenceslasThe Peppermint Candy Kids1:51
Good King WenceslasThe Choir of St Bride's Church, Fleet Street2:57
Good King Wenceslas[traditional]1:08
Good King WenceslasinstrumentalPhilharmonic Chamber Orchestra0:51
Good King WenceslasChoir of Westminster Abbey, Christopher Herrick, Simon Preston2:48
Good King WenceslasThe New Standards4:21
Good King WenceslasinstrumentalChristmas Brass1:15
Good King WenceslasBing Crosby2:45
Good King Wenceslas[unknown]2:40
Good King WenceslasThe Glenn Miller Orchestra2:34
Good King WenceslasElizabeth Anderson1:10
Good King WenceslasinstrumentalGene Hollowy Christmas Sound3:05
Good King WenceslasThe Red Hot Swing Cats1:55
Good King WenceslasThe Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain1:53
Good King WenceslasAlela Diane & The Hackles3:25
Good King WenceslasBing Crosby2:39
Good King WenceslascoverVibraphonic5:16
Good King WenceslasJohn Fahey1:10
Good King WenceslasBing Crosby2:43
Good King WenceslasPaul Downes2:27
Good King WenceslasThe Roger Wagner Chorale3:06
Good King WenceslasThree Chances2:18
Good King WenceslasSkydiggers3:44
Good King WenceslascoverRobin Gibb2:12
Good King WenceslasinstrumentalThe Mantovani Orchestra2:37
Good King WenceslasBing Crosby2:36
Good King WenceslasinstrumentalThe Francis Hogarty Band1:29
Good King Wenceslas[unknown]?:??
Good King WenceslascoverBlackmore’s Night4:44
Good King WenceslasBing Crosby2:40
Good King WenceslasinstrumentalJohn Tesh and the Christmas Symphony Orchestra Brass3:04
Good King WenceslasAlfred Deller, Deller Consort2:46
Good King WenceslasOur Orchestra and Choir2:28
Good King WenceslascoverMuppet Brass Buskers1:05
Good King WenceslascoverJohn Mason Neale5:57
Good King WenceslascoverThe Cranberry Singers2:35
Good King WenceslasChoir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Grayston Ives2:18
Good King WenceslascoverPhil Coulter2:56
Good King Wenceslas[traditional]2:56
Good King WenceslasManfredo Fest4:08
Good King WenceslasJoan Sutherland3:00
Good King Wenceslascover and instrumentalMichel Donato, Pierre Leduc & Richard Provençal2:06
Good King WenceslasChoir of York Minster, Francis Jackson3:05
Good King WenceslasThe Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle2:59
Good King WenceslascoverThe Merry Carol Singers4:03
Good King Wenceslas[unknown]2:30
Good King Wenceslas[unknown]?:??
Good King WenceslascoverJosh Kimbrough2:36
Good King WenceslasChilly Gonzales2:01
Good King WenceslasCanadian Brass1:48
Good King WenceslasRenaissonics1:16
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