Talk:Angels We Have Heard on High

Gloria lyric
You can't really quote it as "Glo-o-o-o-ria" or "Glo-glo-glo-glo-gloria", because if you really wrote it out fully, it would be


 * Glo-o-o-o-o-Glo-o-o-o-o-Glo-o-o-o-o-Glo-o-o-o-o-Gloria in Excelsis Deo!

-- The Anome 00:10, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

As any who have heard or sung the song will recall, this is not accurate; the "Gl-" is not repeated at any point, it is merely a melismatic tumult on the vowel "o". Abrazame 21:31, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


 * You're gloriously right. Feel free to fix it. *<:) Wahkeenah 22:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC) Oops you're way ahead of me. Glory be. :) Wahkeenah 22:11, 2 May 2006 (UTC) You can blame User:The Anome, on December 3rd. Shame on him for entering it that way. Shame on the rest of us for not seeing it sooner. D'oh! Wahkeenah 22:13, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Gloria tune
This tune we are calling "Gloria", is it the same as the traditional French tune "Les anges dans nos campagnes"? This is the tune to which I've always known it sung, and to which "Angels from the Realms of Glory" is also generally sung. Skittle 22:47, 6 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Is it the actual same tune, though? 'Angels We Have Heard On High' and 'Angels From The Realms of Glory' have very similar tunes, and I would imagine that one is based on the other, but I don't think they're exactly the same, are they? Brickie (talk) 15:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The article is clearer now. Usually in England, the tunes indeed match (within a syllable or two). —173.68.139.31 (talk) 12:49, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Gloria examples
This talk page, and the article both discuss the long melisma in this song, and this song is cited in the melisma article. Here in this article there are two sample recordings, but neither of them is sung. Could any article be better arranged to induce frustration in the reader? Could someone who can sing please record the melisma and post it here and in the melisma article? Thank you. Nick Beeson (talk) 20:35, 29 March 2012 (UTC)


 * A copyright-free vocal recording would still be very welcome. —173.68.139.31 (talk) 12:49, 6 July 2019 (UTC)


 * It just occurred to me... The work of the US Government is generally considered public domain, so perhaps we can use an audio clip like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GVo29RL03I from the US Army Band? —173.68.139.31 (talk) 15:13, 7 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Done. —173.68.139.31 (talk) 22:24, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

From a different writer in reference to:

>Where the sung vowel sound "o" of "Gloria" is fluidly sustained through a lengthy rising and falling melismatic melodic sequence:

I have just visited a Coptic Orthodox church and been told this is (could be?) derived from chant used there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 15:28, 4 May 2015 (UTC)


 * So far, the published sources generally call it a traditional French tune of unknown origin. If anyone has an example of a matching chant that was published before 1843, please share! —173.68.139.31 (talk) 12:49, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

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