Isaac Watts’s 1719 paraphrase of Psalm 98 became a Christmas classic when it was ... and described the music of “Joy to the World” as being “after G. F. Handel.” While there are fleeting ...

Perhaps no hymn characterizes the mood of Christmas Day more than Isaac Watts’ “Joy to the World.” You can almost hear the organ pipes and trumpet blast their clear call joy as one thinks of ...

The18th-century hymn writer Isaac Watts initially penned the lyrics for “Joy to the World” as a rhyming paraphrase of Psalm 98, and his poem was first published in 1719. It became a Christmas ...