As With Gladness Men Of Old - Classical Loop - 5.7MB - 0.32 - Christmas - "As with Gladness Men of Old" is a Christmas carol with words and lyrics written in 1867 by William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) born in Bristol, England and was the son of a Doctor. His career was spent in Insurance but he had a life long passion for writing lyrics for hymns and carols. The music was composed by the German musician Conrad Kocher (1786-1872). Kocher was well travelled and visited Russia and Italy. He established the School of Sacred Music at Stuttgart in 1821.