Once in Royal David’s City

Name: Once in Royal David’s City
Duration: 2 min 52 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.9	Once in Royal David’s City	2:52	Henry John Gauntlett	Christmas Joy: Volume Two	Durham Cathedral Choir	Album	GB1999	Priory (British church music label)	PRCD 604
1.9	Once in Royal David’s City	3:00	Durham Cathedral Choir	A Feast of Christmas Carols	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		Priory Records Ltd	PRCD 4000

choir vocals:	Durham Cathedral Choir
conductor:	James Lancelot

recorded at:	Durham Cathedral in Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom (from 1997-01-20 until 1997-01-21)

recording of:	Once in Royal David’s City

lyricist:	Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:	Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)

later parody versions:	Once in Every Carol Service
later translated versions:	Draw yn Ninas Dafydd Frenin I Kong Davids by I Kong Davids stad eingong
is the basis for:	Once in Royal David's City (descant and organ arr. Philip Ledger) Prelude on "Irby" ("Once in Royal David’s City")
has revision:	Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Mann)
arrangements:	Once in Royal David's City (arr. Ferguson) Once in Royal David's City (arr. Wilcocks (vv. 2-3) and Mann (v. 4ff)) Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Rutter) Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Willcocks)
music quoted in:	Song for the King