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Released on EMI, also Karma Police (Radiohead), Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) and Paranoid Android (Radiohead)
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Part of Best Loved Christmas Carols, also Personent Hodie, Adam lay ybounden and Once in royal David's city (feat. descant Wilcocks)
Written by William Mathias, also Prelude, Aria and Finale, op. 25: II. Aria. Adagio sostenuto, sempre cantabile (Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim), Prelude, Aria and Finale, op. 25: III. Finale. Poco allegro (Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim) and Prelude, Aria and Finale, op. 25: I. Prelude. Allegro moderato e pesante (Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 71 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- William Mathias and [traditional]
- Performed by
- Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
- Part of
- Best Loved Christmas Carols
- Released on
- EMI
- Written by
- William Mathias and [traditional]
- Performed by
- Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
- Part of
- Best Loved Christmas Carols
- Released on
- EMI
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same writer: William Mathias
Same label: EMI
Same release: Best Loved Christmas Carols
Same writer: [traditional]
Same writer: William Mathias
Same label: EMI
Same release: Best Loved Christmas Carols
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Babe Is Born was performed by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
A Babe Is Born was performed by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
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2MusicBrainz A Babe Is Born was written by William Mathias
A Babe Is Born was written by William Mathias
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3MusicBrainz A Babe Is Born was written by [traditional]
A Babe Is Born was written by [traditional]
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4MusicBrainz A Babe Is Born is part of the release Best Loved Christmas Carols
A Babe Is Born is part of the release Best Loved Christmas Carols
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5MusicBrainz EMI is the label of the song A Babe Is Born
EMI is the label of the song A Babe Is Born
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6MusicBrainz A Babe Is Born was released on 1996-10-28
A Babe Is Born was released on 1996-10-28
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