Christmas Songs List

The first piece of Christmas Songs that we know are in the fourth century in Rome. Latin hymns such as Veni Redemptor gentium, written by Ambrose, Archbishop of  Milan, were strong statements of theological doctrine of the Incarnation, in opposition to Arianism. Corde Natus ex Parentis (Of love of the Father, begotten) of the Spanish poet Prudentius  is still sung in some churches today.
In the ninth and tenth centuries, Christmas “sequence” or “prose” was introduced in monasteries in Northern Europe, Bernard of Clairvaux in the development of a series of rhyming verses. In the twelfth century, Monaco Paris, Adam of St. Victor began to pull music from popular songs, the introduction of something closer to the traditional Christmas Songs.
In the thirteenth century, in France, Germany and especially Italy, developed under the influence of Francis of Asissi a strong tradition of popular Christmas carols in their native language. Christmas carols in English for the first time appear in a work by John Awdlay 1426, a Kaplan Shropshire, who sang 25 “to Caroles Cristemas”, allegedly by a group of “wassailers’ who went from house to home songs we know, especially as they were originally songs sung Christmas carols during the celebrations, like the tide municipal collection as well as Christmas. It was only later that songs began to be sung in church, and are specifically associated with Christmas together.
Carol gained in popularity after the Reformation in the countries where Protestant churches gained exceptional prominence (also known as reformers like Martin Luther, author of songs and encouraged their use in worship), this was the result of the fact that the Reformation Lutheran welcomed music. Read More »