O Little Town of Bethlehem

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O Little Town of Bethlehem

Chok-chiá só͘ siá tē 1 toāⁿ--ê chhiú-kó
Bân-lâm-gí Sòe-sòe ê Siâⁿ-chhī Pek-lī-hêng
Genre Sèng-tàn Siōng-koa
Chok-chiá 1868
Text Phillips Brooks
Based on Pang-bô͘:Sourcetext
Meter 8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6
Melody "St. Louis", Lewis Redner chok,
"Forest Green", Ralph Vaughan Williams chok

O Little Town of Bethlehem (ì-sù: Oh, sió-tìn Pek-lī-hêng) sī chi̍t siú Sèng-tàn siōng-koa. Kūn-ki tī 1868 nî, Phillips Brooks só͘-siá--ê si-bûn, Chit siú siōng-koa tī Toa-se-iûⁿ lióng-hoāⁿ lóng liû-hêng, m̄-koh iōng bô-kāng--ê tiāu: tī Bí-kok ēng Brooks--ê ha̍p-chò-chiá, Lewis Redner siá--ê "St. Louis"; tī Eng-kok, Ka-ná-tah kap Ài-ní-lân ēng "Forest Green". Chit ê tiāu, sī iû Ralph Vaughan Williams siu-chi̍p, 1906 nî thâu chi̍t kái chhut-pán tī English Hymnal (Eng-lân Sèng-si-chi̍p).

Koa-sû[siu-kái | kái goân-sí-bé]

Si-bûn chok-chiá sī Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), i sī Sèng-kong-hōe--ê bo̍k-su, í-āu chêng-āu chò Philadelphia Sèng Sam-it Tn̂g, kap Boston Sam-it Tn̂g ê chú-jīm bo̍k-su. I in-ūi tī 1865 nî khì Iâ-lō͘-sat-léng Sanjak ê Pek-lī-hêng ê sî-chūn siū khé-hoa̍t. Saⁿ-nî āu, i ūii in kàu-hōe siá chit siú si, I ê hong-khîm-chhiú Lewis Redner (1831–1908) ke-thiⁿ im-ga̍k.  

Redner--ê tiāu, kan-tan hō-chò "St. Louis", sī Bí-kok tōa-pō͘-hūn--ê só͘ chhiùⁿ chit tiâu siōng-koa--ê tiāu.[1] E-kha sī Redner só͘ kóng--ê chok-khek kò͘-sū:[1]

Tng 1968 nî Sèng-tàn kīn-óa--ê sî, Brooks--Sian--siⁿ kā góa kóng i ū siá chi̍t-tiâu kan-tan koh sè-sè--ê siōng-koa, hō͘ Sèng-tàn-cheh--ê chú-ji̍t-o̍h ēng, mā kà góa chò-khek. Chit tiâu im-ga̍k sī tī hui-siông koáⁿ, siū-tio̍h chiâⁿ tōa--ê ap-le̍k ê sî só͘-siá. Goán beh tī ē chit ê Chú-ji̍t liān. Brooks--Sian-siⁿ tī pài-gō͘ chhōe--góa, kóng, "Redner, lí kám ū kā 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'--ê im-ga̍k siá--chhut-lâi?" Góa ìn "Bô", M̄-koh i beh tī Chú-ji̍t the̍h-tio̍h. Tī pài-la̍k ê àm-mê, góa thâu-khak tùi khek-tiāu sī loān-hun-hun, goa siūⁿ Chú-ji̍t-o̍h--ê khò tian-tó pí siūⁿ im-ga̍k khah chē. M̄-koh góa tī àm-thâu-á khùn kah chiok oàⁿ--ê sî khí-chhn̂g, thiaⁿ-tio̍h thiⁿ-sài--ê soân-lu̍t khin-siaⁿ ji̍p góa--ê hī-khang, tio̍h giú ga̍k-phó͘-chóa, kín-kín kì khek-tiāu--ê koân-im, tio̍h sī chit má--ê khek. Tī Chú-ji̍t thàu-chá, góa khì kàu-hōe chìn-chêng, thiⁿ hô-siāⁿ. Brook--Siaⁿ-siⁿ kap góa lóng bô siūⁿ-tio̍h chit tiâu siōng-koa á-sī im-ga̍k tī 1868 nî--ê Sèng-tàn-cheh āu koh tī-leh.

Góa kì--tit, tī Tē 13 Ke sai-pêng--ê Chestnut Ke, khui chheh-tiàm--ê Richard McCauley, kā koa-khek ìn-chò toaⁿ-á hoàn-bē. Huntington Bo̍k-su Phok-sū, chò Massachusetts-chiu Worcester Chu-sèng-tn̂g (All Saints' Church) --ê chú-jīm bo̍k-su, mn̄g góa kám hí-khó ìn tī in Chú-ji̍t ha̍k-hāu ê sèng-si kap im-ga̍k-chheh, kiò-chò The Church Porch. Kā chit tiâu im-ga̍k hō-chò "Saint Louis"--ê tiō sī i.


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Forest Green[siu-kái | kái goân-sí-bé]

 

Tī Eng-kok kap Tāi-eng Kok-hia̍p, ū tang-sî-á tī Bí-kok (iû-kî tī Sèng-kong-hōe), tian-tó iōng Eng-gí ê sèng-si khek-tiāu "Forest Green". "Forest Green" sī Ralph Vaughan Williams tùi Eng-gí bîn-iâu "The Ploughboy's Dream" kái-pian--ê, goân-khek sī i tī 1903 tùi Forest Green, Surrey ê Garman--Sian-siⁿ siu-chi̍p--ê.[2][3] Henry Garman chhut-sì tī 1830 nî ê Sussex, tī 1901 Eng-kok jîn-kháu phó͘-cha ê sî, tòa tī Ockley, Surrey. Vaughan Williams ê chhiú-khó kì i si " Óa-kīn Ockley - Surrey--ê Forest Green--ê lô-kang. (tāi-iok 60 [hòe]?)",[2] sui-bóng Garman--Sian-siⁿ gîm khek-tiāu--ê sî,[4] hoân-sè chiap-kīn 73 hòe. Chú-koa kiat-kò͘ sī strophic (chi̍t pō͘ khek--ê hêng-sek), hêng-sek sī A–A–B–A. Vaughan Williams kái-pian i chò sèng-si--ê tiāu, ke hô-siaⁿ. I tāi-seng tī 1906 nî--ê English Hymnal chhut-pán (ē-kha sī choán-siá).


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Kî-thaⁿ pán-pún[siu-kái | kái goân-sí-bé]

Khek mā koh ū nn̄g ê pán-pún , chiū sī "Wengen" kap "Christmas Carol",[5] chok-khek sī Henry Walford Davies. "Wengen" tī 1922 nî[6] chhut-pán tī Hymns Ancient and Modern, kâng-sî "Christmas Carol" thong-siông kan-ta iû si-pan (詩班) hiàn-chhiùⁿ, m̄ sī hōe-chiòng chhiùⁿ--ê si-koa. Che sī in-ūi thâu-chêng nn̄g kù sī hō͘ hong-khîm phoāⁿ-chàu--ê kuân-im chhiùⁿ, chí-ū bóe-kù sī ha̍p-chhiùⁿ/hù-koa (chorale/refrain) ê hô-siāⁿ. Chit chióng siat-teng pau-hâm tī tú-khai-sí tùi Lō͘-ka Hok-im pian--ê lóng-siōng-tiāu (朗誦調; recitative), mā chhiat-tiāu tē 2 kap tē 4 kù (siōng-koa goân-pún ū 5 kù). Chit ê pán-pún siông-siông tī Cambridge Kok-ông Ha̍k-īⁿ (King's College, Cambridge) ê Nine Lessons and Carols (káu-phiⁿ tha̍k-keng kap siōng-koa) piáu-ián.[7]

William Rhys-Herbert ka-thiam sin--ê sèng-si-tiāu (hymn-tune) kap hô-siaⁿ-hòa (harmonization), chiâⁿ-chòe in 1909 nî--ê chheng-chhiùⁿ-kio̍k Bethany--ê chi̍t pō͘-hūn.

Chit-tiâu koa ma ke tī chin chē hian-tāi koa-chhiú lo̍k--ê chē-chē sèng-tàn choan-chi̍p.

"Little Town" sī Eng-gí chhòng-chok koa-chhiú Chris Eaton tùi "O Little Town of Bethlehem" kái ê kái-pian-khek. Thâu-chi̍t-kái iû Eng-gí koa-chhiú Cliff Richard tī 1982 nî lio̍k-im thui-chhut, tī Eng-kok--ê Sèng-tàn-cheh liû-hêng. Tī Bí-kok, khah ti-miâ--ê pán-pún sī iû Bí-kok hiān-tāi Ki-tok-kàu im-ga̍k-ka Amy Grant chhiùⁿ, tī i ê 1983 nî Sèng-tàn-cheh choan-chi̍p thui-chhut.[8] Iû chok-khek-ka Philip Trumble siá--ê sin--ê tiāu "Enmore" tī 1987 nî chhut-pán. Philip Trumble--ê, mā tī 2022 nî chhut-pán--ê Christmas Praise (Sèng-tàn-cheh Ó-ló) khan. [9] Philip Trumble's was also published in the 2022 publication Christmas Praise [10][11]

Chham-khó[siu-kái | kái goân-sí-bé]

Chù-kha[siu-kái | kái goân-sí-bé]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Louis F. Benson, "O Little Town of Bethlehem". Studies Of Familiar Hymns, First Series (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press. 1924), 11.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Vaughan Williams' Manuscript of "The Ploughboy's Dream" at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Full English collection, accessed 30 March 2014
  3. Byron Adams, Robin Wells, "Hymn Tunes from Folk Songs" in Vaughan Williams Essays, Volume 3; Volume 44, (Ashgate Publishing, 2003), ISBN 978-1-85928-387-5 p. 111
  4. Mark Browse, "O Little Town", hymntunes.blogspot.co.uk, 12 July 2015
  5. "Christmas Carol", Davies, Hyperion Records
  6. Hymns Ancient and Modern (London: William Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1922)
  7. Order of Service Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine., A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 1999, King's College Cambridge 1999.
  8. Mayaab, Philips. "From Mainstream to CCM: Cliff Richard's Story". ccmclassic.com. New Hope Management. 29 September 2019 khòaⁿ--ê. 
  9. CAROL PRAISE MARSHALL PICKERING ISBN 0-551-01452-0
  10. "Praise!". www.praise.org.uk. 
  11. ISBN 9781739156305

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