O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Hymns That I Love - Christmas Edition)

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This is a special "Christmas Edition" of the Hymns That I Love series.  This episode features the hymn O Little Town Of Bethlehem.  Written and published in the 1860s, there is a rich history to this song...a history that begins with a visit to the Holy Land for a Christmas Eve service.  Pastor Phillips Brooks and his organist, Lewis Redner, collaborated to combine lyrics and melody.  The song was originally used as a children's choir piece for a Christmas Eve service.  Little did Brooks and Redner know, hundreds of years later the song would still be sung and popular with modern audiences.     

Listen to Derek's Christmas album "GLORIA!" on Spotify (includes O Little Town Of Bethlehem)Derek's Hymns Playlist On YouTube