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VENI SPIRITUS

Composer: John Stainer

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Tune Information

Title: VENI SPIRITUS
Composer: John Stainer
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 32112 36543 23311
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Breathe on me, Breath of God

Breathe on me, Breath of God,
fill me with life anew,
that I may love the way you love,
and do what you would do.

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Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Organist's Companion Volume 37 Number 4 May 2015 General, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Ernest Amedee Chausson
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2015) pp. 16

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #596

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Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #596

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