For the Three Wise Men, or the Three Kings, see Biblical Magi. For other uses, see Three Kings (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with We Three Kings.
The Three Kings
The Adoration of the Magi by Matthias Stom
Native name
Die Könige
Year
1856
Genre
Christmas/Lied
Form
Solo voice and piano Arrangement for SATB choir
Language
German
Melody
Peter Cornelius
Song from Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8
"The Three Kings",[1] or "Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar", is a Christmas carol by the German composer Peter Cornelius. He set "Die Könige" for a vocal soloist, accompanied by Philip Nicolai's hymn "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How Brightly Shines the Morning Star"), which he erroneously thought was an Epiphany hymn. In fact, it is an Advent hymn in which the morning star is an allegory for the arrival of Jesus, not the Star of Bethlehem. In Cornelius' original second setting, the accompaniment was played on a piano but the English organist Ivor Atkins later arranged the accompaniment for choir, with the choir singing the words of the original hymn. The German words have been translated into English by H.N. Bate.[2] The carol describes the visit of the Biblical Magi to the Infant Jesus during the Nativity and is also used as an Epiphany anthem.[3]
^"The Three Kings". The Royal Free Music Society Archive. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
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