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"The truth sent from above" is an English folk carol of unknown authorship usually performed at Christmas. Collected in the early part of the 20th century by English folk song collectors in Shropshire and Herefordshire, a number of variations on the tune exist, but the text remains broadly similar.〔(The truth sent from above ), ''hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com''〕 The first line of the carol is "This is the truth sent from above". Cecil Sharp collected an eight stanza version of the carol from a Mr. Seth Vandrell and Mr. Samuel Bradley of Donninglon Wood in Shropshire, although Sharp notes that a longer version existed in a locally-printed carol book.〔Cecil J. Sharp, ''English Folk-Carols'' (Novello & Co., 1911), pp. 46-7.〕 Ralph Vaughan Williams collected a different, Dorian mode version of the carol at King's Pyon, Herefordshire in July 1909 from a Mrs Ella Leather, a folk singer who had learnt the carol through the oral tradition.〔''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'', Volume IV (1909), p. 17.〕〔(The Correspondence of Gerald Finzi and Ralph Vaughan Williams ), ''geraldfinzi.org''〕〔Ben Byram-Wigfield, (Truth sent from above ), ''ancientgroove.co.uk''〕 This version, which contains only four stanzas, is therefore sometimes referred to as the ''Herefordshire Carol''. Vaughan Williams first published the melody in the ''Folk-Song Society Journal'' in 1909 (where it is instead credited as being sung by a Mr W. Jenkins of King's Pyon).〔''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'', Volume IV, p. 17〕 Vaughan Williams later used the carol to open his ''Fantasia on Christmas Carols'' of 1912.〔Ralph Vaughan Williams, ''Fantasia on Christmas Carols'' (Stainer & Bell, 1925)〕 Gerald Finzi, with permission from Vaughan Williams and Mrs Leather, also used the melody as the basis of his 1925 choral work ''The Brightness of This Day'', substituting the text for a poem by George Herbert.〔Gerald Finzi, ''The brightness of this day'' (Stainer & Bell, 1925)〕 ==See also== * List of Christmas carols 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「The truth sent from above」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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