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Text:Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming
Translator (st. 1-2):Theodore Baker, 1851-1934
Translator (st. 3):Harriet Krauth Spaeth, 1845-1925
Tune:ES IST EIN ROS
Harmonizer:Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621

116. Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming

Text Information
First Line: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
Title: Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming
Translator (st. 1-2): Theodore Baker, 1851-1934
Translator (st. 3): Harriet Krauth Spaeth, 1845-1925
Meter: 76 76 676
Language: English
Publication Date: 2014
Source: German Carol, 16th cent.
Tune Information
Name: ES IST EIN ROS
Harmonizer: Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
Meter: 76 76 676
Incipit: 55565 53432 17155
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1599



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