{"id":3913,"date":"2011-12-22T22:25:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T20:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3913"},"modified":"2018-06-29T17:19:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T15:19:56","slug":"the-huron-carol-an-ancient-christmas-carol-from-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3913","title":{"rendered":"The Huron Carol &#8211; An Ancient Christmas Carol from Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">In my latest post I have written about the Christmas Dinner with Dala concert of the CBC. In this concert I have discovered the <strong>Huron Carol<\/strong>, an ancient Christmas carol that is very popular in Canada. I have found many youtube videos of this song, unfortunately the version by Dala is not available as a video. You can find the link to the Dala concert in my previous post.<\/p>\n<p>In the following video the Huron Carol is sung in the native Inidan language, in French and finally in English.<\/p>\n<h4>The Huron Carol<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>The &#8220;Huron Carol&#8221; (or &#8220;&#8216;Twas in the Moon of Wintertime&#8221;) is a Christmas hymn, written in 1643 by Jean de Br\u00e9beuf, a Christian missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Canada. Br\u00e9beuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron\/Wendat people; the song&#8217;s original Huron title is &#8220;Jesous Ahatonhia&#8221; (&#8220;Jesus, he is born&#8221;). The song&#8217;s melody is a traditional French folk song, &#8220;Une Jeune Pucelle&#8221; (&#8220;A Young Maid&#8221;). The well known English lyrics were written in 1926 by Jesse Edgar Middleton.<\/p>\n<p>This version performed by Heather Dale, and sung in Wendat (Huron), French and English.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Huron Carol\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D6IG6F6E5Ac?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Huron Carol &#8211; Gitarre<\/h4>\n<p>My arrangement of teh Huron Carol for classical guitar:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Huron Carol - Great Tune for Christmas - Classical Guitar Solo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tce5wACdI9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A version played on the native American flute:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Huron Carol &#8211; Native American flute &#8211; Cornell Kinderknecht &amp; Julie Bonk<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Huron Carol - Native American flute - Cornell Kinderknecht &amp; Julie Bonk\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dha_W-4TGHE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Finaly a version that tries to get close to the original Indian version:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Iesus Ahatonyah (&#8220;The Huron Carol&#8221;) &#8211; Michael &#8220;Medicine Crow&#8221; Iott<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Iesus Ahatonyah was written in 1643 by Jean de Br\u00e9beuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Wendat (&#8220;Huron&#8221;) people of Upper Canada. It was written in the Wendat language and is also known as &#8220;The Huron Carol&#8221;. There are several (poor) English translations in circulation. I have attempted what I think is a more culturally accurate rendition into English. If I were to record this over again I would replace &#8220;angel choirs&#8221; in the first verse with &#8220;Sky People&#8221;, a more accurate rendering from Wendat. That is how I perform it now. This was originally released in 2006 as a part of the Illegible Records Christmas compilation: &#8220;An Illegible Records Christmas: Shelter In The Night&#8221;. The images are mostly by Fr. John Guilliani, S.J. and available through Bridge Building Images: <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.bridgebuilding.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgebuilding.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.bridgebuilding.com\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iesus Ahatonyah (&quot;The Huron Carol&quot;) - Michael &quot;Medicine Crow&quot; Iott\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/52NRgZj7Ko4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Sheet Music<\/h4>\n<p>guitar\u00a0 TABs: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/session-guitar-tab\/huron_carol.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/session-guitar-tab\/huron_carol.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A simple version for guitar: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guitarlincs.com\/christmastunes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.guitarlincs.com\/christmastunes.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A version for flute an piano &#8211; and many more Christmas carols: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janwolters.nl\/jwfree5-uk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.janwolters.nl\/jwfree5-uk.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A version for a choir with oragn: <a href=\"http:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/The_Huron_Carol_%28Oczko,_Michael_John%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/The_Huron_Carol_%28Oczko,_Michael_John%29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>for native American flute: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flutopedia.com\/song_huron_carol.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.flutopedia.com\/song_huron_carol.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>more christmas carol for flute: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flutetunes.com\/categories.php?id=64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.flutetunes.com\/categories.php?id=64<\/a><\/p>\n<p>playlist of the Huron Carol with many versions: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9A1393FF9DF65592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9A1393FF9DF65592<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my latest post I have written about the Christmas Dinner with Dala concert of the CBC. In this concert I have discovered the Huron Carol, an ancient Christmas carol that is very popular in Canada. I have found many youtube videos of this song, unfortunately the version by Dala is not available as a 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