Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) · Christmas carol (words 1739, music 1840)
Doseedo AI orchestra · PDMX edition · 0:44
Time it to your video
Score Studio opens with Hark! The Herald Angels Sing loaded. Upload your cut: the composer fits the piece to picture — where it starts, where it lands on a cut, how it ends. Ask, and it re-renders the piece to your exact length. What you render is yours to use.
Time it to your video →Rights and use
Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847, so the composition is in the public domain in the US and in the countries that protect a work for its author’s life plus 70 years. The edition this recording plays (PDMX) is released under CC0, so the notes carry no conditions either. Open it in Score Studio to time it to your video: the render you make there is yours to use, in an ad too (Terms §6.3).
The facts
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
- From
- Christmas carol (words 1739, music 1840)
- Form
- Sacred & choral
- Period
- Romantic
- Length
- 0:44
- In this recording
- Trumpet, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Trombone, Tuba, French horn, Flute, Sax
- Not in this recording
- Euphonium (Treble Clef) (not yet in Doseedo’s orchestra)
- Also known as
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing
About the piece
Charles Wesley wrote the words in 1739. The music is Mendelssohn’s, from a cantata of 1840 celebrating the printing press; William H. Cummings fitted it to Wesley’s words in 1855.
Sounds festive, confident · Cuts well to celebratory openers, choirs and events
FAQ
Is Hark! The Herald Angels Sing royalty-free?
Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847, so the composition is in the public domain in the US and in the countries that protect a work for its author’s life plus 70 years. The edition this recording plays (PDMX) is released under CC0, so the notes carry no conditions either.
Can I use Hark! The Herald Angels Sing in an ad?
Yes. Open it in Score Studio, time it to your video and render it; you own the render you make (Terms §6.3), so it can go in a commercial, a social ad or a film.
How do I fit Hark! The Herald Angels Sing to my video’s length?
Press “Time it to your video”: Score Studio opens with the piece loaded. Upload your cut and the composer times it to picture — where it starts, where it lands on a cut, how it ends — and can re-render it to fit.
Who plays this recording?
Doseedo’s AI orchestra: every part of the score played by its own instrument model, then mixed. It is a rendering of the score, not a recording of an orchestra.