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Lyrics

History

"Cantique de Noël" was first performed at Midnight Mass in 1847 in Roquemaure. According to Christmas carol historian William Studwell, the piece was translated into numerous languages and widely adapted "within a generation or so". One of the earliest known publications was an organ arrangement issued around 1855. By 1864 the song had become popular throughout France; the Catholic music journal Revue de Musique Sacrée noted that it "has been performed

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