Gabriel's Message (Traditional)

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  • (Posted 2022-03-13)  CPDL #68389:       
Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-13).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 57 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Pettman's arrangement with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
  • (Posted 2022-03-13)  CPDL #68388:       
Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-13).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 122 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: The carol in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
  • (Posted 2018-07-22)  CPDL #50628:     
Editor: Francis Melville (submitted 2018-07-22).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 58 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Arranged by Francis Melville. SATB unaccompanied.
  • (Posted 2018-06-01)  CPDL #49941:     
Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2018-06-01).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 126 kB   Copyright: CC BY ND
Edition notes: Arranged by Jason Smart. SATB with S & Bar soloists. If you have tenors able to 'float' a top A flat, this arrangement will sound better a semitone higher than notated.
  • (Posted 2017-11-20)  CPDL #47600:       
Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2017-11-20).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 50 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Arranged by Edgar Pettman.
  • (Posted 2015-12-18)  CPDL #37908:         
Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2015-12-18).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 33 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Arranged by Edgar Pettman.
  • (Posted 2010-04-18)  CPDL #21467:      Network.png
Editor: J. Ashley Hall (submitted 2010-04-18).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 104 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Arranged by J. Ashley Hall. Copyright © 2008 by John Ashley Hall. Non-commercial use is permitted. TTBB
  • (Posted 2004-05-20)  CPDL #07028:  Network.png PDF and MIDI files available.
Editor: Edward L. Stauff (submitted 2004-05-20).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 50 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes:
  • (Posted 2003-11-27)  CPDL #06144:      (Sibelius 2)
Editor: Andrew Crookall (submitted 2003-11-27).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 28 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Arranged by Edgar Pettman. Sibelius file retrieved through http://archive.org.
  • (Posted 2001-02-19)  CPDL #02093:  Network.png PDF and MP3 instrumental file.
Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2001-02-19).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Organ and optional other solo instrument

Basque.png In Basque, "Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen"

  • (Posted 2015-10-15)  CPDL #37210:       
Editor: Francesco Spiga (submitted 2015-10-15).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 181 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Arranged by Francesco Spiga. The same setting as #37209, transposed up a fifth, for SAT.
  • (Posted 2015-10-15)  CPDL #37209:       
Editor: Francesco Spiga (submitted 2015-10-15).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 180 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Arranged by Francesco Spiga. For ATB. Lyrics in Basque and English.

General Information

Title: Gabriel's Message or The Angel Gabriel
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Lyricist: Sabine Baring-Gould (Translator)

Number of voices: 3 or 4vv   Voicing: SATB, ATB, or SAT
Genre: SacredCarolFolksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Gabriel's Message, or The angel Gabriel from heaven came (Basque: Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen) is a Basque Christmas folk carol about the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary. It quotes the biblical account of that event (Luke 1:26-38) and Mary's Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). It was translated into English by Sabine Baring-Gould and is best known from that version. It was also made famous on the album A Very Special Christmas, as performed by recording artist Sting, who in his version replaces the word "Christian" with the word "everyone".

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Gabriel's Message.