Comments on: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: December 7

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:11:00 +0000

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:08:38 +0000

I would just fix the apostrophe, but I like your #8 too much to be willing to delete it!

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:06:15 +0000

Oh, good grief. Who put that apostrophe in there?

Shoot him.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:05:33 +0000

Ooops.

1. Hautbois. I knew that all those NY Times crossword puzzles would come in useful.

2. “Jouez hautbois” just conjured up Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe (Sorry. Ardis, if you want to delete this, feel free.)

Blow the trumpets, bang the brasses!
Tantantara! Tzing! Boom!

3. “Musettes.” I don’t know what those are, but “Musetta’s Waltz” from La Boheme has to be one of the most heavenly aria’s ever written.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:59:02 +0000

A lovely song.

The line Hunter quotes is great–partly because of random associations:

By: Hunter

Hunter — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:55:34 +0000

This hymn was in the French hymnal during my mission and has been one of my favorites ever since. And what a great effect it creates. “Jouez hautbois, résonnez musettes,” indeed!

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:56:18 +0000

I haven’t been commenting on these, but I have to echo what Researcher just said about the picture of Mary. One of my pet peeves is the portrayal of Mary in pictures that make her look 25 years old. We don’t have any knowledge of her actual age, but I still like portrayals that show her at least looking like a teenager.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:55:18 +0000

Thank you for these lovely Advent posts. I just read today's carol thanks to my translator widget. What beautiful thoughts. It is a very familiar tune. Here's a performance by the Salt Lake Children's Choir. And what a youthful-looking Mary. These posts are taking me back to my childhood days when I would spend hours poring over a catalog from the National Gallery of Art or the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

By: Michelle Glauser

Michelle Glauser — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:35:40 +0000

It’s so interesting to me that the Church used to re-publish things like this (this was at a time that there were also Shakespeare lessons in Relief Society). Now the Church seems to do as much as possible to separate itself from other churches, whether that includes beautiful works of art or not. At least we still individually appreciate inspired genius. Thanks for sharing.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:05:36 +0000

This is one of my favorite carols because of the chorus: “For more than 4,000 years, the prophets have promised this (the coming of the King) to us — for more than 4,000 years we have waited for this happy time!” So often I have felt aware of events happening at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century that the prophets have promised for so long and that I am here to see, that I can imagine a similar feeling among those who were aware of the Savior’s birth way back then.