Sunday, December 24, 1961 lists an anthem “Hodie Christus natus est” by Peter Hallock using macaronic melding of texts. The anthem incorporates text from Of the Father’s love begotten.
Christmas Eve 1961
Of the above anthem, this program states:
The anthem has been composed for this service and is being sung for the first time.
The text is drawn from the Latin version of the antiphon to the Magnificat for Christmas Vespers and from a translation of a Latin hymn by Prudentius (348-413).
