For unto Us a Child Is Born (from “Messiah”, HWV 56)

Name: For unto Us a Child Is Born (from “Messiah”, HWV 56)
Duration: 4 min 19 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
11.5	For unto Us a Child Is Born (from “Messiah”, HWV 56)	4:19	George Frideric Handel	The Columbia Stereo Collection 1964–1983	Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra	Album + Compilation	XW2025-02-28	Sony Classical	19658770042

producer:	Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:	Temple University Concert Choirs (on 1964-08-13)
orchestra:	The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1964-08-13)
conductor:	Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1964-08-13)
chorus master:	Robert E. Page (conductor/choir master) (on 1964-08-13)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1964)

recorded at:	David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) in Upper West Side (on 1964-08-13)

recording of:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born” (on 1964-08-13)

composer:	George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)

later versions:	Der Messias, K. 572: Teil I, Nr. 8. Coro: “Uns ist zum Heil ein Kind geboren”
part of:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part I (order: 12)
arrangements:	For Unto Us a Child Is Born (for harp and pianoforte, Bochsa) For Unto Us a Child Is Born (arr. Tom Parker, Young Messiah) Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, For unto us a child is born (W. Shaw edition) Messiah, HWV 56: “For unto us a Child is born” (catch-all for arrangements) Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For Unto us a Child is Born” (for 3 performers in one piano, Czerny) Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. For unto us a child is born (Goossens-Beecham Edition) Messiah, HWV 56: Part I. Chorus: For unto Us a Child Is Born (Wilberg Edition)