Away In A Manger

Away in a Manger Author st. Anonymous Author v. McFarland Author attributed to: Public Domain Matthew 1: Gabriel PHH 24 published the text with an additional third stanza, also anonymously written in his Vineyard Songs Though obviously a children's hymn, "Away in a Manger" is a charming favorite of many people, regardless of age. When people object to the "no crying" phrase in stanza 2, seeing it as a denial of Christ's humanity, they've really missed the childlike nature of this hymn. Christmas season, perhaps best on Christmas Eve or on a similar evening worship service.

Andover, MA, ; d. Cincinnati, OH, compiled the songbook and is now thought to be the tune's composer. A separate copy of this score must be purchased for each choir member. If this score will be projected or included in a bulletin, usage must be reported to a licensing agent e.

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Anonymous ; Author v. McFarland Published in hymnals Printable scores: Representative Text 1 Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head; the stars in the heavens looked down where He lay, the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. Hymns to the Living God The Herald Angels Sing. You have access to this FlexScore. Text size Text size:. Music size Music size:. This is a preview of your FlexScore.

A Friends Hymnal African American Heritage Hymnal Away in a Manger First Line: Away in a manger, no crib for a bed Tune Title: McFarland, ; Anonymous Meter: AGO Founders Hymnal Away in a manger, no crib for His bed Tune Title: Children's Hymns ; Christmas. Ancient and Modern Away in a manger, no crib for a bed First Line: Author Unknown Little children's book, Philadelphia, Anglican Hymns Old and New Rev. Baptist Hymnal John Thomas McFarland Meter: Celebrating Grace Hymnal Christmas ; Jesus Christ ; Jesus Christ: Away in a manger, No crib for His bed First Line: Away in a manger, No crib for His bed Tune Title: Away in a manger, No crib for a bed First Line: Away in a manger, No crib for a bed Tune Title: Church Family Worship Away in a manger, no crib for a bed Meter: Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition Away in a manger, no crib for a bed Date: Church Hymnary 4th ed.

Little children's book, Philadelphia, Common Praise Away in a manger, no crib for his bed Tune Title: Christmas ; Epiphany Source: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New a. Away in a manger First Line: William James Kirkpatrick; Michael Forster, b.

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New b. Complete Mission Praise Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Nativity of our Lord Source: Little Children's Book, Philadelphia, , sts. Evangelical Lutheran Worship North American, 19th cent.

Christmas Season ; Children's Hymns. Away in a manger Tune Title: Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition Glory to God Away in a manger, no crib for his bed First Line: Little Children's Book Sts. Hymns and Psalms Hymns for a Pilgrim People Christmas ; Jesus Christ. The following hymn, composed by Martin Luther for his children, is still sung by many of the German mothers to their little ones.

Another early version was published in Little Pilgrim Songs , a book of music for young children whose preface is dated November 10, Little Pilgrim Songs includes a similar claim that the song was written "by Martin Luther for his own children". An article in the May issue of The Myrtle , a periodical of the Universalist Publishing House in Boston , [10] also included the carol, stating that:.

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Martin Luther , the great German reformer, who was born four hundred years ago the 10th of next November, composed the following hymn for his children; and it is still sung by many German mothers to their little ones. All four sources include almost-identical text of the first two verses, with no music. The third stanza, "Be near me, Lord Jesus", is absent from the known early sources. Its first known appearance was in Gabriel's Vineyard Songs , where it was set to a melody by Charles H. Gabriel simply marked "C".

Decades later, a story was published attributing the third verse to John T. Anderson has given the story of the writing of the third stanza:. It had but two stanzas, 1 and 2. I asked him to write a third stanza. He went to his office and within an hour brought me the third stanza beginning, "Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay.

I am pleased to see that it is now being used very widely. The honor of it belongs to that great and good man, Dr. Since this story dates the composition of the stanza to —, over a decade after its first known appearance, Hill judges that "the publication [of Gabriel's Vineyard Songs ] renders the Bishop's story suspect, and additional evidence must be found before McFarland can be safely credited with the writing of the third stanza".

By Christmas of , "Luther's Cradle Song" was already being performed as a recitation as part of a Sunday School celebration in a church in Nashville. One woman said that 'Hush my dear,' and 'Mother mine,' were heard all day in their alley, and now more lately, Luther's cradle hymn, ' Away in a manger, no cot for his bed ,' has a place with them and is a favorite. The great majority of early publications, including the earliest known to us, ascribe the words to German Protestant reformer Martin Luther.

Many go so far as to title the carol "Luther's Cradle Song" or "Luther's Cradle Hymn", to describe the English words as having been translated from Luther, [14] or to speak of its alleged popularity in Germany. Richard Hill, in a comprehensive study of the carol written in , suggested that "Away in a Manger" might have originated in "a little play for children to act or a story about Luther celebrating Christmas with his children", likely connected with the th anniversary of the reformer's birth in In the second verse, the line "no crying he makes" is considered by some to fall into the heresy of docetism , [23] with the line's implication that, by not crying, Jesus could not have been fully human as is taught by orthodox Christian doctrine.

Some infants when napping usually do so and others wake and lie quietly unless hungry, wet, or otherwise distressed , so there is nothing "not fully human" about Jesus' behavior. The most popular musical setting in the United States is commonly known as "Mueller".

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Murray included a claim that the hymn was "[c]omposed by Martin Luther for his children". Wherever he got the ideas expressed in the heading, Mr. Murray made one serious tactical mistake in saying that Luther "composed" the hymn, and then placing only his own initials where the composer's name is normally given. As a consequence, his fellow compilers of song books apparently supposed that all he had done was to arrange the accompaniment.

As a result of this "tactical error", Murray's melody appeared, without credit, in several subsequent publications. By , the melody was attributed to "Carl Mueller", [25] and this attribution was repeated several times in other publications. The standard melody in England is "Cradle Song". The tune, written by the American composer William J.

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Kirkpatrick , was first published as part of the collection Around the World with Christmas , a "Christmas Exercise" for schools featuring material representing various countries: Kirkpatrick's melody was later published in numerous hymn-books, and was the setting that, in Hill's words, "first carried the words beyond the confines of the United States", being included in collections such as Carey Bonner 's Sunday School Hymnary The first music mentioned in connection with "Away in a Manger" was a pre-existing composition: This was suggested as a musical setting in Little Pilgrim Songs and The Myrtle , and continued to be mentioned as an appropriate melody for decades to come.

The first known musical setting specifically published with the words appeared in an Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School collection, Little Children's Book for Schools and Families ; preface dated Christmas , where it simply bore the title "Away in a Manger".

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It was set to a tune called "St. Kilda," credited to J. Clark or any other printing of his tune, previous or later, has been located. The melody by John Bunyan Herbert [9] first published in , is identified by Hill as among the most popular. Gabriel, already mentioned as being the first to publish the third verse in , is also notable for having published more different musical arrangements of the hymn than any other known composer.

Another popular arrangement, found at least as early as , [31] sets the words to Jonathan E. Spilman 's melody "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton". Hill, writing in , found Spilman's musical setting to be the second most published after Murray's. An arrangement dating from sets the words to an "old Normandy Carol". An arrangement by Christopher Erskine combines the two most-popular tunes for the hymn, from Kirkpatrick and Murray.

In this version, the Kirkpatrick setting is sung by one choir, and the Murray setting by the other choir, alternating through the first two verses. Both settings are sung together for the third verse. An publication of "Home Sweet Home", the earliest known musical setting of the carol. First known musical setting to be published with the carol, from "Little children's book"