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56b. Blest Creator of the light

Text Information
First Line: Blest Creator of the light
Latin Title: Lucis Creator optime
Translator: Rev. John Chandler (1837)
Meter: 7 7. 7 7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1939
Topic: Sunday; Evening
Source: Latin (c. 5th cent.)
Notes: For a different translation see Ancient Office Hymns, No. 8; Alternate tune: LÜBECK (No. 55)
Tune Information
Name: VIENNA
Composer: J. H. Knecht (1797)
Composer (Descant): Dr. Alan Gray
Meter: 7 7. 7 7.
Key: G Major
Copyright: Descant by permission of Cambridge University Press.



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