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"Joy to the World" is a popular Christmas song.〔 The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on the second half of Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection; ''The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship''. Watts wrote the words of "Joy to the World" as a hymn glorifying Christ's triumphant return at the end of the age, rather than a song celebrating his first coming.〔(Joy to the world! the Lord is come! ) at Hymnary.org〕 The nations are called to celebrate because God's faithfulness to the house of Israel has brought salvation to the world.〔(Joy to the World! ), ''Worship Leader'' magazine (archive.org, 2011-07-18)〕 The music was adapted and arranged to Watts' lyrics by Lowell Mason in 1839 from an older melody which was then believed to have originated from Handel, not least because the theme of the refrain (''And heaven and nature sing...'') appears in the orchestra opening and accompaniment of the recitative ''Comfort ye'' from Handel's Messiah, and the first four notes match the beginning of the choruses ''Lift up your heads'' and ''Glory to God'' from the same oratorio. However, Handel did not compose the entire tune.〔(Handelian FAQs )〕 The name "Antioch" is generally used for the tune. As of the late 20th century, "Joy to the World" was the most-published Christmas hymn in North America.〔It was published in 1,387 hymnals in North America before 1979, as recorded in the ''Dictionary of North American Hymnology''. (Top 20 Christmas hymns ) cited at Hymnary.org.〕 ==Well-known recordings== Among the recordings well known in their day is an instrumental version of "Joy to the World" by conductor Percy Faith. First recorded in 1954 on his ''Music of Christmas'' LP (Columbia CL 588), it was re-recorded in stereo in 1959 as Columbia 8176. The popular European group Boney M. covered the song in 1984 which was internationally released in 1986 on their record ''The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs''. John Rutter arranged the carol in the style of Handel and recorded this arrangement twice with the Cambridge Singers, for their Christmas albums ''Christmas Star'' (1983) and ''Christmas with the Cambridge Singers'' (1989). His pseudo-Handelian arrangement has also been recorded by other choirs including those of St. Paul's Cathedral and King's College, Cambridge. In 1965, The Supremes recorded the song for their album ''Merry Christmas''. Andy Williams recorded the tune in a medium-slow ballad style in his 1974 ''Christmas Present'' LP. Mariah Carey re-recorded this song for her 1994 album ''Merry Christmas''. Carey's version, done in a dance-pop style, combined the chorus (with slightly altered lyrics) of the Hoyt Axton song "Joy to the World" (made popular by Three Dog Night) with the traditional Christmas song. Charlotte Church recorded a version of this song for the 2000 holiday album ''Dream a Dream''. The Jonas Brothers recorded a version of this song called "Joyful Kings" for the 2008 Disney Channel Holiday album ''All Wrapped Up''. Whitney Houston recorded the song for ''The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album'' (1996), and also included it on ''One Wish: The Holiday Album'' (2003). In 2002 Patty Loveless & Jon Randall recorded a duet of the song for Patty's Christmas album ''Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas''. Clay Aiken recorded it on his 2004 album ''Merry Christmas with Love''. In 2008, Faith Hill recorded the song for her Christmas album ''Joy to the World''. Natalie Cole recorded the song twice: it first appeared on her 1994 Gold-certified album ''Holly & Ivy'', and then a decade later on ''Caroling, Caroling: Christmas with Natalie Cole''. The Allman Brothers Band played an instrumental variant of the song in a live version of "You Don't Love Me" during their ''At Fillmore East'' concert. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joy to the World」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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