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Text:Creator Spirit, by whose aid
Translator:John Dryden
Tune:ALSATIAN
Harmonizer:G. Gardner
Media:MIDI file

482. Creator Spirit, by whose aid

Text Information
First Line: Creator Spirit, by whose aid
Latin Title: Veni, Creator Spiritus
Translator: John Dryden (1693)
Meter: Six 8's.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1939
Topic: The Holy Spirit; Whitsuntide
Source: Latin of 9th cent.
Notes: Alternative tune, MELITA, No. 301.
Tune Information
Name: ALSATIAN
Harmonizer: G. Gardner
Meter: Six 8's.
Key: Eā™­ Major
Source: Alsatian Air.
Copyright: Harmony by permission of the Proprietors of the Church & School Hymnal.



Media
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XML score: MusicXML
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