Hark the Herald Angels Sing with  Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις θεῷ (Glory to God in the Highest)  (arr. Stephen R Dalrymple)by Stephen R Dalrymple Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music

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Hark the Herald Angels Sing
by Charles Wesley (1739) and Felix Mendelsohn (adapted by W H Cummings (1857) 
with  Δόξα ν ψίστοις θε (Glory to God in the Highest) 
original song © 2023 Stephen R Dalrymple
piano solo arrangement by Stephen R Dalrymple
performed by the arranger
music © 2023 Stephen R Dalrymple 
recording  2023 Stephen R Dalrymple 
presentation © 2023 Stephen R Dalrymple 
Charles Wesley started his poem with Listen to the angels ! This started me wondering, what did the angels voices sound like ? 
Prosody is study of the intonation, stress, and rhythm of the speech of a language (contrasted with the sounds of the vowels and consonants.) Could I replicate the angels basic speech patterns? My study of Greek in seminary has given me a pretty good idea of how to pronounce the consonants and vowels of the Greek language. But I would want to listen to someone who actually speaks Greek as their mother tongue to have an idea of the prosody. After further study, I have rewritten the angels music; this update represents my latest understanding.
Although Latin was the language of the Roman conquerors, Greek was the lingua franca of the Mediterranean world of the first century. Some scholars want us to believe that most of the Jews were not erudite enough to speak Greek. 
Yet those of us who have travelled to countries like Haiti, are not surprised that many people there speak Kreyòl, French, English and Spanish!
I began searching for someone who actually spoke Greek conversationally to pronounce Luke 2 :14 in Greek. After I found a reliable source, I reduced the rhythm and the accented sylables to simpified music notation. I pulled from my knowledge of ancient modes and used my imagination to add pitches and repetitions of phrases. The melodic and harmonic result is completely inventive, but I believe the basic rhythm of the speech is fairly accurate.
This .pdf file includes 2 files: 1) Letter size piano score 2) Small page piano score for performing from a 10 inch tablet
(Tell your computer which pages you want to print. There are programs online that will allow you to split pdf files so that you can choose the correct part of the pdf for your tablet.)
A duplicate YouTube Video is available in French (Écoutez le chant des anges) https://youtu.be/9_equasuWR4
YouTube Channel: @DalrympleDesigns

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