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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Three Kings" Poem with a Fine Old Melody

    01/06/2020 5:28:06 PM PST · by CharlesOConnell · 3 replies
    An MP3 file ^ | 01-06-2020 | CharlesOConnell
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote The Three Kings poem in 1877. Sir John Stainer arranged a late medieval melody as The Golden Carol of Melchior, Casper and Balthazar (YouTube). Longfellow's poem has not previously been arranged with this overall melody. The poem seems long to modern audience, but comes in only at a little more than 6 minutes.The poem has been recorded several times, but it is sufficiently difficult that it seems most of the readers find it hard to catch the rhythm. THE THREE KINGS by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — the classic Christmas poem The Three Kings by Henry Wadsworth...