{"id":10656,"date":"2021-12-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2024-07-10T18:43:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:43:15","slug":"christmas-song-4-index-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2021\/christmas-song-4-index-and-resources.html","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Song #4: Index and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p>This year our special focus was on the Christmas carol <em>Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence<\/em>, in some ways one of the oldest carols of all. Here you can read all the posts in order, and check out a few other related resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1921-letallmortalfleshkeepsilence.png\" alt=\"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence 1921\" class=\"wp-image-10657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1921-letallmortalfleshkeepsilence.png 500w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1921-letallmortalfleshkeepsilence-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">100 year old arrangement of <em>Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence<\/em> (1921)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2021\/christmas-song-4-one-of-the-oldest.html\"><strong><em>Christmas Song #4: One of the Oldest!<\/em><\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Introduction, and the origins of this unusual carol.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2021\/christmas-song-4-a-reason-for-silence.html\">Christmas Song #4: A Reason For Silence<\/a><\/strong><\/em> &#8211; The real reason for the &#8220;silence&#8221; in this carol.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2021\/christmas-song-4-heavenly-food.html\"><strong><em>Christmas Song #4: &#8220;Heavenly Food&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/a> &#8211; What is the &#8220;heavely food&#8221; in this carol? Let&#8217;s hear Jesus Himself explain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2021\/christmas-song-4-the-light-descends.html\"><strong>Christmas Song #4: The Light Descends<\/strong><\/a><\/em> &#8211; It&#8217;s not just a big crowd of angels. It&#8217;s an army.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2021\/christmas-song-4-the-focus-of-the-angels.html\"><strong><em>Christmas Song #4: The Focus of the Angels<\/em><\/strong><\/a> &#8211; And, actually, the focus of the entire song, in the final verse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about this carol, check out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/musescore.com\/christmas\/let-all-mortal-flesh-keep-silence-picardy-french-carol-melody\">Tune and musical score of the melody &#8220;Picardy&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hymnologyarchive.com\/let-all-mortal-flesh-keep-silence\">Historical notes on the text from the Hymnology Archive<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I used the text from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hymntime.com\/tch\/htm\/l\/e\/t\/a\/letallmf.htm\">The Cyber Hymnal<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of my Dad&#8217;s articles on <a href=\"https:\/\/wordwisebiblestudies.com\/let-all-mortal-flesh-keep-silence\/\">Let All Mortal Flesh Keep\u00a0Silence<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccel.org\/ccel\/schaff\/anf07.xii.ii.html\">The Liturgy of St. James in English<\/a> (scroll down for the Cherubic Hymn, on which the carol is based)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/LyraEucharistica1864\/page\/n187\/mode\/1up?view=theater\">An early publication (1864) of the carol in Lyra Eucharistica<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A few versions of the carol to enjoy:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bUdzMtVYlZo\">Small orchestra version from College Church Music<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/emRLRg-swkM\">Modern version from Red Mountain Music<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pNdtO-UT3-U\">Traditional version from the Choir of King&#8217;s College Cambridge<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year our special focus was on the Christmas carol Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, in some ways one of the oldest carols of all. 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