the Coventry Carol is not included in many hymnals
first published in 1582 as a single-line melody with Latin text
some with obscure beginnings
” Il Est Né” (He is Born)
Four variants follow in contrasting styles
LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS Category_Sacred Selections the Coventry Carol is notHummingbird Music Publishers Love Came Down at Christmas (Flute, Clarinet, Brass, and Organ) Watch Score VideoView Score Christina Rossetti wrote the words to Love Came Down at Christmas in 1885, including it, without a title, in her collection, Time Flies: A Reading Diary, a work dedicated to her mother. This setting for flute, clarinet, brass sextet, and organ utilizes the GARTAN tune, extracted from the 1919 Irish Hymnal. Its purpose was to serve