The Three Kings (Cornelius)
"The Three Kings", or "Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar", is a Christmas carol by the German composer Peter Cornelius. He set "Die Könige" for a vocal soloist, accompanied by Philip Nicolai's hymn "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How Brightly Shines the Morning Star"), which he erroneously thought was an Epiphany hymn. In fact, it is an Advent hymn in which the morning star is an allegory for the arrival of Jesus, not the Star of Bethlehem. In Cornelius' original second setting, the accompaniment was played on a piano but the English organist Ivor Atkins later arranged the accompaniment for choir, with the choir singing the words of the original hymn. The German words have been translated into English by H.N. Bate. The carol describes the visit of the Biblical Magi to the Christ Child, Infant Jesus during the Nativity of Jesus, Nativity and is also used as an Epiphany anthem. History Cornelius wrote his first version of the German hymn "Die Könige" in 1856 as pa ...
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Matthias Stom
Matthias Stom or Matthias Stomer ( – after 1652) was a Dutch people, Dutch, or possibly Flemish people, Flemish, Painting, painter who is only known for the works he produced during his residence in Italy. He was influenced by the work of non-Italian followers of Caravaggio in Italy, in particular his Dutch followers often referred to as the Utrecht Caravaggism, Utrecht Caravaggists, as well as by Jusepe de Ribera and Peter Paul Rubens.Matthias Stom, ''Woman counting coins by candlelight''
at the Kremer Collection He did not share the other Northern Caravaggisti's preference for humorous, and sometimes scabrous, genre scenes and elaborate decorative allegories but favored stories from the bible instead. He worked in various locations in Italy where he enjoyed the patronage of religious inst ...
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