While Shepherds Watched

Name: While Shepherds Watched
Duration: 2 min 35 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.9	While Shepherds Watched	2:35	[traditional]	Christmas Carols From Village Green to Church Choir	Andrew Gant	Album + Compilation	GB2014-11-06	Signum Classics (main imprint of Signum Records Ltd. since ca. 2005)	SIGCD387
1.9	While Shepherds Watched	2:35	Traditional ("Winchester Old")	Christmas Carols From Village Green to Church Choir	Andrew Gant	Album + Compilation	GB2014-11-06	Profile Books Limited	SIGCD387

organ:	David Quinn (organist and conductor) (from 2014-04-07 until 2014-04-08)
choir vocals:	Vox Turturis (from 2014-04-07 until 2014-04-08)
conductor:	Andrew Gant (from 2014-04-07 until 2014-04-08)

recorded at:	St Peter’s College Chapel in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-04-07 until 2014-04-08)

recording of:	While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version) (from 2014-04-07 until 2014-04-08)

lyricist:	Nahum Tate
composer:	Christopher Tye (English composer & organist, c. 1505–1573)
arranger:	George Kirbye

later translated versions:	Eņģeļa vēsts (Reiz ganiem lopus sargājot…)
later versions:	While Shepherds Watched (descant Marlow) While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Andrew Peterson version)
is based on:	Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour Winchester Old
is the basis for:	While Shepherds Watched
arrangements:	While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks) While Shepherds Watched (arr. Gray) While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (desc. Cleobury) While shepherds watched their flocks by night (desc. Nicholas Marston & Daniel Hyde) While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night (arr. Thomas Ravenscroft)