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Christmas Carols and Their Stories

Puzzle 44 · Carols of Many Lands · Page 66 in print

Polish Carols

The Polish carol “W zlobie lezy” became “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” in English through Edith M. G. Reed, who printed it in December 1921 in Music and Youth, a journal she edited.

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The words

  1. Chopin

    Fryderyk Chopin, who quoted the carol “Lulajże Jezuniu” in a scherzo.

    enc.piano.or.jp: Scherzo no.1 h-moll Op.20 (opens a new tab)

  2. Edith Reed

    Edith M. G. Reed, who published the English version in 1921.

    Hymnary.org text record “Infant Holy (opens a new tab)

  3. First Star

    The first star in the sky, which opens the Wigilia supper.

    Wirtualne Muzeum Polonii: Wigilia (opens a new tab)

  4. God Is Born

    Bóg się rodzi, Karpiński’s 1792 carol, in English.

    Seul, article on “Bóg się rodzi” and John (opens a new tab)

  5. Infant Holy

    English title of the Polish carol “W żłobie leży”.

    Hymnary.org text record “Infant Holy (opens a new tab)

  6. Karpinski

    Franciszek Karpiński, author of “Bóg się rodzi” (God Is Born).

    Seul, article on “Bóg się rodzi” and John (opens a new tab)

  7. Koledy

    Kolędy, the Polish word for Christmas carols.

    Wirtualne Muzeum Polonii: Wigilia (opens a new tab)

  8. Oplatek

    Opłatek, the thin Christmas wafer shared before the Wigilia supper.

    Polish Museum of America (opens a new tab) · Wirtualne Muzeum Polonii: Wigilia (opens a new tab)

  9. Pasterka

    The Polish midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.

    Wirtualne Muzeum Polonii: Wigilia (opens a new tab)

  10. Piernik

    Honey-spice gingerbread of the Wigilia table.

    Wirtualne Muzeum Polonii: Wigilia (opens a new tab)

  11. Pierogi

    Cabbage-and-mushroom dumplings of the meatless Wigilia supper.

    Wirtualne Muzeum Polonii: Wigilia (opens a new tab)

  12. Pope John Paul

    Pope John Paul II, who quoted “God Is Born” at Christmas meetings.

    Seul, article on “Bóg się rodzi” and John (opens a new tab)

  13. Scherzo

    Chopin’s Scherzo No. 1, Op. 20, whose middle section quotes a Polish carol.

    enc.piano.or.jp: Scherzo no.1 h-moll Op.20 (opens a new tab)

  14. Suprasl

    Supraśl, where the Basilians printed Karpiński’s carol in 1792.

    Seul, article on “Bóg się rodzi” and John (opens a new tab)

  15. Wigilia

    Polish Christmas Eve and its supper, after which kolędy are sung.

    Wirtualne Muzeum Polonii: Wigilia (opens a new tab) · Polish Museum of America (opens a new tab)

Sources

  1. Scherzo no.1 h-moll Op.20 - Chopin, FredericPTNA Piano Music Encyclopedia (Piano Teachers’ National Association of Japan), “Scherzo no.1 h-moll Op.20”
  2. Hymnary.org text record “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly”, quoting the Psalter Hymnal Handbook (1988)Hymnary.org
  3. WigiliaWirtualne Muzeum Polonii (Virtual Museum of the Polish Diaspora), Faculty of Journalism, University of Warsaw, page “Wigilia”
  4. Anastazja Seul (University of Zielona Góra), article on “Bóg się rodzi” and John Paul II, journal hosted by the University of Gdańskczasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl
  5. Polish Museum of America, Chicago (museum shop description, “Oplatki Christmas / Wafers”)polishmuseumofamerica.org

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