CAROL

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: From the angelic proclamation of Christ's birth and peace (Law: human disorder) to the Gospel call for listeners to receive the tranquility Christ offers through his incarnation

Associated Hymn Texts (3)

• It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
• Behold a Branch is Growing — Christoph von Stieler (1660)
• Lo, How a Rose e're Blooming — Unknown (1500)

Notes on the Tune

From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.

LSB 366, It Came upon the Midnight Clear : CAROL (Richard S. Willis, 1850), the American tune; British books use NOEL (Sullivan).