What Child is This
Free Sheet music for Violin Quartet
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About 'What Child is This'
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The Artist:
Traditional Music of unknown author.
Composed:
unknown
Info:
"What Child Is This?" is a popular Christmas carol with lyrics written in 1865. At the age of 29, English writer William Chatterton Dix was struck with a sudden near-fatal illness and confined to bedrest for several months, during which he went into a deep depression. Yet out of his near-death experience, Dix wrote many hymns, including a poem entitled, "The Manger Throne," from which three stanzas were later culled, set to the traditional English tune "Greensleeves," and retitled as "What Child Is This?"
What child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Mary�s lap is sleeping,
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
Haste, haste to bring Him laud,
The babe, the son of Mary!
What child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Mary�s lap is sleeping,
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
Haste, haste to bring Him laud,
The babe, the son of Mary!
Tempo Marking:
Andante 
= 140
= 140 Time Signature:
6/8 (
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View more 6/8 Music)Duration:
1:42
Score Key:
E minor (Sounding Pitch) (View more E minor Music for Violin Quartet )
View more E minor Music for Violin Quartet )Number of Pages:
1
Difficulty:
Easy Level: Recommended for Beginners with some playing experience
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Pieces in 6-8 Time Signature
