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Nazareth

Author: Henry F. Chorley Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Though poor be the chamber

[Tho' poor be the chamber, come here, come and adore]

Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Gounod Incipit: 13212 11567 65117 Used With Text: Nazareth

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Hymnal: Christmas Carols and Hymns #55 (1910) First Line: Though poor be the chamber Lyrics: Though poor be the chamber, Come here, come and adore; Lo! the Lord of heaven Hath to mortals given Life forevermore, Life forevermore, Life forevermore. Shepherds who folded your flocks beside you, Tell what was told by angel voices near: To you this night is born he who will guide you Thro' paths of peace to living waters clear. Though poor be the chamber, Come here, and adore; Lo! the Lord of heaven Hath to mortals given Life forevermore, Life forevermore. Kings from a far land, draw near and behold him, Led by the beam whose warning bade ye come; Your crowns cast down, with robe royal enfold him; Your king descends to earth from brighter home. Though poor be the chamber, come here, come and adore; Lo! the Lord of Heaven Hath to mortals given Life forevermore. Wind, to the cedars proclaim the joyful story, Wave of the sea, the tidings bear afar; The night is gone! Behold in all its glory All broad and bright rises th'eternal morning star. Though poor be the chamber, come here, come and adore; Lo! the Lord of Heaven Hath to mortals given Life forevermore, Life forevermore, Life forevermore. Languages: English Tune Title: [Though poor be the chamber]

Nazareth (Christmas Anthem)

Hymnal: Christmas Carols and Hymns #55 (1910) First Line: Though poor be the chamber Lyrics: Though poor be the chamber, Come here, come and adore; Lo! the Lord of heaven Hath to mortals given Life forevermore, Life forevermore, Life forevermore. Shepherds who folded your flocks beside you, Tell what was told by angel voices near: To you this night is born he who will guide you Thro' paths of peace to living waters clear. Though poor be the chamber, Come here, and adore; Lo! the Lord of heaven Hath to mortals given Life forevermore, Life forevermore. Kings from a far land, draw near and behold him, Led by the beam whose warning bade ye come; Your crowns cast down, with robe royal enfold him; Your king descends to earth from brighter home. Though poor be the chamber, come here, come and adore; Lo! the Lord of Heaven Hath to mortals given Life forevermore. Wind, to the cedars proclaim the joyful story, Wave of the sea, the tidings bear afar; The night is gone! Behold in all its glory All broad and bright rises th'eternal morning star. Though poor be the chamber, come here, come and adore; Lo! the Lord of Heaven Hath to mortals given Life forevermore, Life forevermore, Life forevermore. Languages: English Tune Title: [Though poor be the chamber]

Though Poor be the Chamber

Author: Henry F. Chorley, 1808-1872 Hymnal: Hymns and Songs for the Sunday School #258 (1914) Languages: English Tune Title: NAZARETH

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Charles F. Gounod

1818 - 1893 Person Name: Chas. Gounod Composer of "[Though poor be the chamber]" in Christmas Carols and Hymns Charles F. Gounod (b. Paris, France, 1818; d. St. Cloud, France, 1893) was taught initially by his pianist mother. Later he studied at the Paris Conservatory, won the "Grand Prix de Rome" in 1839, and continued his musical training in Vienna, Berlin, and Leipzig. Though probably most famous for his opera Faust (1859) and other instrumental music (including his Meditation sur le Prelude de Bach, to which someone added the Ave Maria text for soprano solo), Gounod also composed church music-four Masses, three Requiems, and a Magnificat. His smaller works for church use were published as Chants Sacres. When he lived in England (1870-1875), Gounod became familiar with British cathedral music and served as conductor of what later became the Royal Choral Society. Bert Polman

Henry F. Chorley

1808 - 1872 Person Name: Henry F. Chorley, 1808-1872 Author of "Though Poor be the Chamber" in Hymns and Songs for the Sunday School Chorley, Henry Fothergill, was born at Blackleyhurst, Lancashire, Dec. 15, 1808, and educated at the Royal Institution, Liverpool. In 1834 he was engaged as a member of the staff of the London Athenaeum. This connection he retained for 35 years. He died Feb. 15, 1872. He published some novels and a large number of songs. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============ Born: December 15, 1808, Blackley Hurst, near Billinge, Lancashire, England. Pseudonym: Paul Dell. Died: February 16, 1872, London, England. Buried: Brompton Cemetery, London, England. Son of an iron worker and lock maker, Chorley moved with his family to Liverpool after his father’s death in 1816. He was educated by private tutors in Liverpool and at the school of the Royal Institution. His youth was shaped partly by time spent in the household of the wealthy and intellectual Mrs. Benson Rathbone of Green Bank, and he became a close friend of her son Benson, who died in an accident in 1834. Chorley began writing for the London Athenæum in 1830, and was the paper’s music critic and literary reviewer until 1868. He also became music critic for the London Times and wrote, for these and other journals, reviews and musical gossip columns, discussing composers and performers in Britain and on the European continent. He was quite conservative, and was a persistent opponent of innovation, but was a lively chronicler of London life. In the Athenæum and elsewhere, Chorley often criticized the music of Schumann and Wagner for what he called "decadence." In 1850 and 1851, Chorley edited the Ladies’ Companion, which covered fashion and domestic women’s issues. Chorley was also a journalist, novelist, playwright, and poet, and opera librettist. One of his best known pieces was his obituary of Turgenev, mistakenly written while the Russian was still very much alive. Turgenev was not offended by the error nearly as much as he was by the critical opinions of his work Chorley gave in the obituary. Chorley was considered eccentric and abrasive, but was respected for his integrity and kindness. He enthusiastically gave and attended dinner parties, and cultivated friendships with Elizabeth Barrett, Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Dickens, Arthur Sullivan and Charles Santley. After the death of his brother, John Rutter Chorley (1806–1867), Henry inherited enough money to retire from the Athenæum, though he continued to contribute articles for that paper and for The Orchestra. In spite of Chorley’s efforts to promote the music of Charles Gounod in England, the composer disliked Chorley intensely. When Gounod lived in England in the early 1870’s, he wrote a satirical piano piece intended to be a parody of Chorley’s personality. It greatly amused Gounod’s English patron, Georgina Weldon, who described Chorley as having a "thin, sour, high-pitched sopranish voice" and moving like a "stuffed red-haired monkey." Gounod intended to publish the piece with a dedication to Chorley, but died before this was possible. Weldon then invented a new program for the piece, which was re-titled Funeral March of a Marionette. It became popular as a concert piece, and in the 1950s, its opening phrases became well known as the theme music for the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Chorley’s works include: Music and Manners in France and Germany, 1841 Pomfret, 1845 Roccabella, 1859 The Prodigy, 1866 --www.hymntime.com/tch/