- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: Czech Republic – Old English Tune – Dr. Neale
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AACD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
| ta/a/a/a |
- Pitches: beginners: so la ti do re mi fa so
- Intervals: beginners: do\so (P4), do/so (P5), re/so (P4), do/fa\do (P4)
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter; melody moves primarily by steps, three perfect fourths
- Key Words: Christmas carol, world geography: Czech Republic, based on real people (see below)
“Good King Wenceslas” is a Christmas carol telling the story of a king going on a journey in winter weather to give alms to the poor on the Feast of Stephen (December 26). The legend is based on the life of the historical Saint Wenceslaus I in Czech (907– 935).
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