Christmas Carol Time #5
A selection of some of my favorite Christmas carols. A daily event through Christmas.
Today’s selection: Mormon Tabernacle Choir – “Angels We Have Heard on High” 1862
Taken from a 18th century French tune, the English version was produced in 1862. The lyrics are based on Luke 2:8-20
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a 360-member choir based in Salt Lake City. The first choir performed in Salt Lake only a month after the Mormons settled the valley in 1847. Known from the beginning as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the name was changed in 2018 to “The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square”.
I suspect like Twitter becoming X, the choir will still be known by the original name …
They shouldn’t have changed the name. The first one just works. Tells the whole story, no matter where they are. The 2nd one has unnecessary baggage and doesn’t make anything better and messed up their 177 year time line.
“If it ain’t broken….”