O’Come, O’Come Emmanuel

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“O Come, O Come Emmanuel” ©1861.

An 8^th century budding Latin hymn sung by monks, while a more fully developed version, of this hymn, continued to unfold, in Latin, as early as the 12^th century.  The hymn is a Latin worship hymnal for the coming of and the birth of the Christ, in Christianity. This hymn was discovered by John Mason Neal, in the mid- 19^th century.   Neal formally translated the song, from its 12^th century Latin hymnal status, in 1861.

piano-Frank Owens, vocal-Aubrey Barnes