Who is John Francis Wade
John Francis Wade (1 January 1711 – 16 August 1786) was an English hymnist who is sometimes credited with writing and composing the hymn "Adeste Fideles" (which was translated to "O Come All Ye Faithful" in 1841 by Frederick Oakeley), even though the actual authorship of the hymn remains uncertain. The earliest copies of the hymn all bear his signature.Wade fled to France after the Jacobite rising of 1745 was crushed. As a Catholic layman, he lived with exiled English Catholics in France, where he taught music and worked on church music for private use.Jacobite symbolism
Bennett Zon, Head of the Department of Music at Durham University, has noted that Wade's Roman Catholic liturgical books were often decorated with Jacobite floral imagery. He argued that the tex...
Read Full Biography of John Francis Wade
John Francis Wade Poems
- Prosa In Nativitáte Dómini (adeste Fideles)
Adeste Fideles laeti triumphantes,
Veníte, veníte in Bethlehem.
Natum vidéte, Regem Angelorum:
... - O Come, All Ye Faithful (adeste Fideles)
O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant,
O Come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him, Born the King of angels;
...
Top 10 most used topics by John Francis Wade
Child 1 Father 1 God 1 Happy 1 Heaven 1 Light 1 Love 1 Poor 1 I Love You 1 Embrace 1John Francis Wade Quotes
Comments about John Francis Wade
Micahmj11: 10 mk feeney 11 joseph green 12 will braveman 13 wade albert 14 chesley lightsey 15 jessica brown 16 kay yu 17 melissa francis 18 john padova 19 aaron bellMicahmj11: 10 mk feeney 11 joseph green 12 will braveman 13 wade albert 14 chesley lightsey 15 jessica brown 16 kay yu 17 melissa francis 18 john padova 19 aaron bell
Gregdaly: there is good stuff in this piece on benedict by john waters -
Gotukulele: come all ye faithful (instrumental ʻukulele). music by john francis wade. latin words translated by frederick oakeley.
Kdfcplaylist: o come all ye faithful by john francis wade / chanticleer / warner 284988
Read All Comments
