Madam, - While it is true that Charles Wesley (1707-88) wrote the words of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, he was not the "composer" (The Irish Times, November 22nd).
The famous melody is by Mendelssohn, adapted from his choral work Festgesang which he composed for the Gutenberg centenary at Leipzig in 1840. - Yours, etc,
RICHARD FISHER, Middle Lane, London N8.